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CATALOGUE
OF THE
LOAN COLLECTION
OF
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PLATE
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Exhibited at the Fitzwilliam Museum,
' May 8, g, lo^ 1895.
CAMBRIDGE :
PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
189s
Price One Shilling.
CATALOGUE
OF THE
LOAN COLLECTION OF PLATE
8 PREFACE.
of articles found by the Commissioners, and of those which
they allowed to remain for use, are preserved in the Public
Record Office.
The vessels spared by these Commissioners were destroyed
under the order of Archbishop Parker, which directed the
substitution of " decent communion cups " for the old chalices.
This order appears to have been carried out in this County
about the year 1569, as a large number of chalices and cover
patens of that date are preserved ; some typical specimens of
these are now exhibited. They are very largely by one
maker, who adopted as his mark a flat-fish. The progress of
his manufacture may be traced from the district round
Norwich, in which the cups of his making bear date 1567 or
1568, through this County, where they are dated 1569, to the
Isle of Ely and Northamptonshire, where they are of the
year 1570. The Cambridgeshire pieces were not assayed.
The only mark they bear is that of the maker, but the date is
usually inscribed on the foot of the paten, and sometimes
also after the name of the parish, which is generally engraved
on the bowl of the chalice. One example, the cover-paten
from Westley Waterless, bears unmistakeable evidence of
being the medieval paten altered to suit the new ideas.
The Thurible and Incense-ship, which once belonged to
Ramsey Abbey, are objects of extreme interest. These two
vessels, and the Chalice presented to Trinity College, Oxford,
by Sir Thomas Pope, and believed to have belonged to St
Alban's Abbey, are perhaps the only surviving specimens of
Plate known to have belonged to English Abbeys.
I.
SECULAR.
1. Drinking Horn ; silver-gilt mounting, middle
OF 14th cent. Corpus Christi Coll.
The horn is that of an ox ; the mounts consist of a
scalloped band nearly one inch deep round the lip; of a
battlemented band round the centre, carrying strap-shaped
supports to sustain the horn ; and of a terminal ornament
consisting of a crowned and bearded head rising from an
open-work battlemented turret. On the front of the horn is
an oval shield bearing the arms of the College; but this
and the rings on the central band are modern. The horn
originally had a cover.
Marks: none.
Dimensions : length, 24J ; diameter at lip, 4J.
This horn was presented, probably about the year 1347, to the Gild of Corpus
Christi by John Goldcorne, Alderman of the Gild. The gild gave it to the
College, which was founded by this gild and that of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in 1352.
Figured in Archaeologiat Vol. ill., and in the Cambridge Portfolio^ p. 296.
2. Beaker and Cover; silver-gilt, middle of
14th CENT. Trinity Hall.
This is known as the Founder's Cup. It is plain, with
slightly curving sides; round the middle of the cup is a
id ' "^ , PLATE EXHIBITION 1895.
harrow teild •fbfmed of two rings of plain moulding, with a
small enrichment between them, the width of the whole
being f in. ; a similar band, but with only the upper ring of
moulding, runs round the foot Inside, on the bottom of the
cup, is a device in translucent enamel. This consists of a
circle surrounded by three trefoiled arches, the whole formed
by a continuous band ; in the centre is a shield containing the
arms of the College in enamel, and in the spaces between the
arches are dragons ; the argent in the shield, the band forming
the outline of the design, and the dragons are in silver, the
spaces between being filled with enamel ; the colours of the
enamel are as follows : surrounding the shield, green, purple,
and [blue ?] ; between the arches, green ; within the arches,
stars of white opaque enamel on a ground of blue translucent
enamel ; in the spandrels formed by the cusps, red. In some
of the divisions only very small fragments of the enamel
remain. The rim of the cover is surrounded by low broad
battlements, below which is a band of enrichment, similar to
that round the cup. On the print in the cover is a shield,
with the arms of the college in enamel, similar to that on
the bottom of the cup ; the print is surrounded by a band
of enrichment similar to that round the cup and cover. The
finial is supposed to have originally contained a jewel, which
has been lost ; its place is now filled by a bust of Pallas
Athene, in opal, presented by Mr H. W. Willett in 1893.
Marks: The only mark is that of the maker. This is an
oval shield, bearing, apparently, the following charges ir-
regularly placed : in base a lion rampant transfixed, in dexter
chief two keys in saltire, in sinister two [escallops ?].
Weight: 18-29 oz.
Dimensions: height, 4^; diameter at lip, 3|f ; diameter
at base, 3|.
The founder, William Bateman, who according to tradition gave this cup to
the College, became Bishop of Norwich in 1344. He founded the College in
1350, and died in 1354, at Avignon.
I. SECULAR. I I
3. Cocoa-nut Cup ; silver-gilt mounting, end of
14th cent. Gonville and Cuius Coll.
A black cocoa-nut cup, with straight spreading lip, i\
deep ; the stem is trumpet shaped, and stands on a battle-
mented and traceried base, supported on the backs of three
seated lions ; the rim is connected with the stem by three
hinged bands with a cable-moulding down the centre ; the
edges of the mounting are worked into fleur-de-lis, but those
round the top of the stem are broken off; the upper part
of the stem is surrounded by five slight projections, giving
the effect of stepped gables ; on the flat part of the rim
is a very beautiful design of birds and scrolls of foliage,
worked in delicate stippling ; round the lower part of the
stem is a landscape of similar workmanship. The vertical
bands appear to have been renewed.
Marks: none.
Dimensions : total height, 9J ; height of stem and base
(including lions), 4J ; height of stem and base alone, 3| ;
depth of bowl, 3I ; diameter of lip, bowl, and base, 3J ;
diameter of top of stem, i^^.
4. Cocoa-nut Cup; silver-gilt mounting, 15th
cent. Corpus Ckristi Coll,
A black cocoa-nut. The base is late (probably quite
modern) and not gilt.
Marks: none.
Dimensions : height, 7^ ; diameter of nut, 4 ; diameter of
foot, 2|.
12 plate exhibition 1 895.
5. Cocoa-nut Cup; silver-gilt mounting, middle
OF 15th CENT. Gonville and Caius Coll
The rim and stem are connected by hinged bands pierced
with quatrefoils ; the rim has slight enrichments ; three series
of long narrow tongues, or spurs, with their points down-
wards, surround the stem and foot ; the lower row and the
spaces between the points have a leaf ornament The upper
part of the rim has perhaps been renewed.
Marks: none.
Weight: 925 oz. (inscribed, "vij 9Hi5").
Dimensions : total height, 8 ; height of stem, 3f ; depth of
cup, 4^ ; diameter of lip, 3^ ; diameter of foot, 3f .
6. Standing Cup and Cover ; silver-gilt, 1435 —
1440. Christ's Coll.
Known as the Foundress' Cup. The bowl, cover and
stem are ornamented with spiral bands, with a running en-
richment of oak, vine, and rose leaves, repoussd ; a cresting
of leaves surrounds the cover and the base; on the print
within the cup is a shield of arms in translucent enamel ; the
cover is surmounted by a hexagonal finial with rope and
diaper patterns, and with six crocketed pinnacles ; the flat
top of the finial is engraved with the Tudor rose. The arms
fix the date of the cup as 1440, or a year or two earlier.
Marks: none.
Weight: 3875 oz.
Dimensions: height with cover, I2f ; diameter, 6 J.
Arms: Humphry, Duke of Gloucester, impaling those of
Eleanor Cobham of Sterborough, his second wife.
This is a piece of the plate left to the College by the Lady Margaret Beaufort,
Countess of Richmond and Derby, and mother of King Henry VII. She was the
only daughter and heiress of John Duke of Somerset, and was born in 1441.
After the death of her third husband in 1504, she founded in 1505 Christ's College,
I. SECULAR. 13
and subsequently began the foundation of S. John's College, which was completed
by her executors as directed by her will. She died in 1509, and left all her plate
to be divided between her two colleges.
Figured in Coll and Corp, Plate and Old English Plate.
7. Cup; silver-gilt, early 15th cent.
Pembroke ColL
Known as the Foundress' Cup. The cup has an expanded
lip, round the outside of which is the following inscription
in Gothic characters: — "Sayn • denes • yt • es • me • dre • for •
hes • lof • drenk • and • mak • gud • cher." Round the base
is a rope ornament formed of twisted wire, and above it a
cresting of leaves; encircling the stem is the following, "God •
help • at • ned," and on the sides a V. and an M., pro-
bably to designate the name of the college, which was
originally Valence-Marie. Within the cup is an open-work
boss, rising about an inch, on the top of which is engraved
the letter M. The cup was originally a mazer, with a bowl
of maple wood, but this was at some time broken and re-
placed by the present one of silver-gilt. Though called the
Foundress' Cup its date is long subsequent to her death. It
had a cover, which was in existence in 1 546.
From a description in Publications of the Camb, Antiq,
SoCy 4to Series, No. XL, it appears that the base was removed
about 1844, but it has since been replaced.
Marks: none.
Weight: 22*1 oz.
Dimensions : height, 6| ; diameter at top, 6.
From an inventory in the College Register dated 1491 it appears that the cup
was given by Dr Richard Sokborn, who was elected Fellow in 1470, resigned
1478, and died at Soham in 1502.
Figured in Pudl. Camd. Antiq. Soc^ 4to Series, No. xi., without the base ;
Lysons* Britannia^ Vol. 11. ; and Shaw's Decorations of the Middle Ages^ with the
base.
14 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
8. Cup ; silver-gilt, 1482. Pembroke Coll
This is known as the "Anathema Cup." It is a plain
expanded cup on a trumpet-shaped foot, the base moulded,
and having a stamped running enrichment of riband-scroll
divided by roses ; a plain moulding encircles the upper part
of the stem, and above it are six hemispherical bosses ; the
print is engraved with a seeded rose surrounded by sprays
of foliage. The print is loose and is attached by a modem
screw.
Mark: D of 148 1-2. (No other marks.)
Weight: 39-1 oz. (inscribed, "LXVII unc").
Dimensions: height, 8| ; diameter at lip, 7 J.
Inscriptions: (in black letter) QUI ALIENAVERIT ANATHEMA
•SIT LXVII UNC ; and also the following below the former :—
T. LANGTON WINT6n ePs AULE PENBROCHIE OLIM SOCII
DEDIT HAC TASSEA COOPTX EIDE AULE I497.
Thomas Langton was Bishop of Winchester from 1493 ^^ 1500.
Figured in PuhL Camb, AnL Soc,y 4to Series, No. xi.; and ColL and Corp, Plait.
9. Salt and Cover; silver-gilt, c. 1500.
Christ's Coll
Hour-glass shaped, hexagonal in plan, with raised lobes
alternately ornamented with a large Tudor rose in repousse.
The central knop of the stem is enriched with rope and
diaper patterns, and has six pinnacles of similar work to those
on the finial of the cover of the Foundress' cup (No. 6) ; the
pyramidal lid has a Tudor rose at the top.
Marks : There is a mark on the salt and on the cover, but
it is nearly obliterated.
Dimensions: height, 9 J ; diameter, 4|.
Weight: 24 oz. .
This is probably a part of the Foundress* bequest of plate.
Figured in Publ. Camb, Antiq. Soc.^ \io Series, No. xi. ; and ColL and Corp
Plate.
I. SECULAR. 1 5
10. Salt and Cover ; silver-gilt. Christ's Coll.
Companion piece to No. 9, and of same size and workman-
ship.
Weight: 23-35 oz.
11. Mazer*; silver-gilt mounting, late 14th
CENT. Corpus Christi Coll.
Maplewood bowl with silver-gilt band i in. deep inside
and outside ; the band differs from any other known example,
being nearly vertical, with no mouldings except a plain
beading on the upper edge, from which rise three beautifully
worked strawberry leaves, originally intended to prevent the
cover falling off; no cover now exists. The pillar which
replaces the usual print in the centre of the bowl has a tube
inside it reaching nearly to its top and open at both ends,
and holes are pierced in the lowest member of the base of
the pillar. It is thus impossible to fill the mazer with wine,
as, on reaching the level of the top of the tube the liquor
begins to flow down it and escapes through the open end in
the bottom of the vessel. This arrangement is unique.
Marks: (none).
Dimensions : diameter of bowl, 5 ; depth of bowl, 2^ ;
height, 2f ; diameter of foot, ij.
This beautiful and curious mazer was given to the College by John Northwode,
who was admitted Fellow before 1384.
Figured in Archaeologia^ Vol. 50.
* The notes on this and on the three other mazers from Corpus Christi College
are taken from the descriptions given by Mr W. H. St John Hope, M.A., in
Archaeologia^ Vol. 50.
1 6 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
12. Mazer ; silver-gilt mounting, probably c
1490. Corpus Chris ft Coll
Known as the " Cup of the Three Kings." Maplewood
bowl with silver-gilt band, i^ deep outside and i\ deep
inside. The band is of the usual late form, with mouldings
studded with square four-leaved flowers ; it has a rayed
fringe inscribed with the names of the three kings, Jaspar,
Melchior, and Balthasar. The print is engraved with a squirrel
sitting on the back of a fish. This mazer is convertible into
a standing cup by means of a short silver socket piece with
three flanges.
Marks: none.
Dimensions: diameter of bowl, 4f ; depth of bowl, if;
height of bowl, ^{ ; diameter of foot, 3^ ; height of foot, 3 J.
Figured in Camb. Anttq. Soc. 4to Series, No. XI.
13. Mazer; silver-gilt mounting, c. 1500.
Corpus Christi Coll.
Maplewood bowl, with characteristic late band of silver
gilt, i^ deep outside and i^ within ; the band has the usual
mouldings set with four-leaved flowers, and a rayed fringe.
There is no print, and it is quite clear that there never was
one.
Marks: none.
Diameter of bowl, 4^ ; depth, i|.
i. secular. t 7
14, Mazer; silver-gilt, mounting, 1522.
Corpus Christi Coll.
Maplewood bowl with silver-gilt band, i^ deep outside
and I inside. The band is of characteristic late form, with
plain mouldings and rayed fringe on its lower edge ; but the
lower band of mouldings has a hollow member studded
at short intervals with small balls. In the bottom is the
usual print ; in this case consisting of a somewhat rudely-
made silver-gilt socket with rayed plate beneath, 2| in
diameter, enclosing a silver plate f inch in diameter, engraved
with a five-leaved flower with surrounding sprigs enamelled
red and green.
Marks: (on the band) D of 152 1-2; the leopard's head
crowned ; the maker s mark, apparently a ragged staff.
Diameter of bowl, 4^ ; depth, if.
16. Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1521.
Christ's Coll.
The stem and bowl and a portion of the cover are orna-
mented with scale pattern in repouss^ ; the ornament at the
top of the cover is finished with six pinnacles, and has a
shield of arms in translucent enamel on its upper surface;
round the foot and the rim of the cover are a cable moulding,
pierced quatrefoils, and low battlements.
Marks: C of 15 20-1 ; leopard's head crowned ; a crescent
and star (as in Cripps 15 16).
Weight: 2384 oz.
Dimensions : height, 9^ ; diameter, 6.
Arms: Argent, on a bend sable, between three dragon's
heads of the second, three estoiles of the field, in chief a
crescent for difference.
A standing cup was left to the College by Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of
Canterbury (1575 — 1583), and it is thought that this may be that cup. The
shield of arms has not been identified, but it somewhat resembles that of William
Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph in Elizabeth's reign {Coll. and Corp, Plate),
Figured in Coll. and Corp, Plate,
2
l8 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
16. Beaker and Cover; silver-cilt, 1507.
Christ's Coll
The outside of the bowl is engraved with a diaper of
the Tudor rose, fleur-de-lis, and portcullis, with daisies or
marguerites at each interlacing of the pattern, in allusion to
the Foundress* name, Mai^aret. The cover is battlemented
and similarly diapered, and surmounted by a hexagonal
ornament, composed of six portcullises separated by pin-
nacles, with a finial of four marguerites and a Tudor rose.
The base is in form of a Tudor rose, \\ inches, deep, battle-
mented, ornamented with repouss^ bosses and stamped run-
ning enrichments, and having holes pierced round it, as if
some ornament now lost, had been formerly rivetted on.
Marks ; K of 1 506-7 ; lion passant ; leopard's head
crowned ; a fish.
Weight: 19*65 oz.
Dimensions : height with cover, 9^^ ; diameter of base, 5^.
Figured in Coll. and Corp, Plate,
17. Salt and Cover ; silver-gilt, i 508.
Christ's Coll.
Hour-glass shaped, hexagonal in plan, with raised lobes,
the alternate lobes engraved with the Tudor rose, portcullis
and fleur-de-lis in a diapered ground, the others plain.
Probably a piece of the Foundress' bequest of plate.
Mark: K of 1507-8.
Weight: 17*53 oz.
Dimensions : height, 8§ ; diameter, 4J.
18. Apostle Spoons; silver-gilt, early i6th cent.
Christ's ColL
A set of six apostle spoons ; probably Flemish work, a
portion of the Foundress* bequest of plate. The engravings
of the College arms in the bowls are modern. The set
I. SECULAR. 19
comprises the Master spoon, S. Paul, S. Matthias, S. Bar-
tholomew, S. Jude or S. James the Less, S. Simon Zelotes.
Marks: none.
Weights : The Master spoon, 179 oz., the weights of the
other five vary from 1*54 oz. to i'4 oz.
Length of each, 7f .
The other seven spoons of this set went to S. John's College on the division of
the Foundress* plate.
19. Cup with Cover; silver-gilt, 1532.
Corpus Ckristi Coll.
The bowl has broad flutings with foliage on the alternate
flutes, and arabesques round the neck ; the handles are in the
form of serpents ; the upper member of the foot is ornamented
with six medallions containing heads of Egyptian type with
arabesques between them ; below is an ornament formed of
a row of scales resting upon an egg and tongue moulding,
both repoussd ; the cover has a flat top surrounded by a
sunflower ornament ; on the top of the cover, and below the
foot are stippled the arms of Archbishop Parker, and the
initials M. C, for " Matthew Cantaur."
Marks: (on cover), O of 153 1-2 ; leopard's head ; IC with
orb and crescent between. (On bowl) N of 1 570-1 ; London
assay ; IP.
Weight: 12*35 oz.
Arms: on a chevron between three mullets three keys.
This piece and an exactly similar vessel without a cover, marked with the S
of 1555 and the maker's mark T in a shield, were given to the College by
Archbishop Parker.
Matthew Parker was bom at Norwich in 1504. He was educated at Corpus
Christi College, of which he became Master in 1544. He was appointed Dean
of Lincoln in 1552. He had married in 1547. On the accession of Queen
Elizabeth he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. The manner of his
consecration, which is now known to have taken place on the 17th Dec., 1559,
in the chapel of Lambeth Palace, has been the subject of much controversy. He
died 17th May, 1575. Besides making gifts of plate to Trinity Hall, to Gonville
Hall and to his own College, he enriched the latter with his famous collection of
20 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
MSS. His orders for the destruction of ' saperrtitioos chalices ' which had been
'profaned by use at Mass' and for the sobstitntion of 'decent caps/ were
carried out in Cambridgeshire in 1569, if we may judge by the number now
existing bearing that date.
20. Ewer and Dish; silver-gilt, 1546.
Corpus Christi Coll,
Ewer,
The body is octagonal and engraved with arabesques.
The spout is angular and has a cover with a heart-shaped
orifice ; the cavetto moulding at the base is stamped with
an arabesque pattern, repeated in lengths of about i \ inches ;
the lid has a thumb-piece, and a boss in the centre with a
shield of arms in champlev6 enamel, surrounded by the
motto, and the initials M. P. (Matthew Parker).
Marks: H of 1545-6; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant; a maidenhead, (as in Cripps, 1545).
Dimensions : total height, 8f ; height of vessel, 7 ; diameter
at rim, 4$.
Arms: Az. on a cross arg. the letters X sa., for Christ
Church, Canterbury ; impaling gu. on a chevron arg.
between three keys of the same, three estoiles of six points
of the field, for Parker. Behind the shield, a crozier.
Motto: "MVNDVS TRANSIT ET CONCVPICENTIA EIUS, I-S70."
Dish.
The edge is engraved with foliated arabesques ; the
centre similarly engraved and ornamented with a series of
depressions radiating from the central boss, the base of which
is repouss6 or stamped with a graceful pattern of interlaced
arabesques ; the top of the boss has a shield in champleve
enamel, with the arms of the donor, Archbishop Parker, and
his initials as on the Ewer.
Marks : same as on Ewer.
Weight: (inscribed "VNCI^ 122: D").
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Dimensions: diameter, i8 ; width of rim, 2^ • diameter of
print, 2 ; height, i|.
Inscription (under the salver in faintly stippled letters):
MATTAEVS • CaNTVAR • DEDIT • COLLE° • CORPORIS • CHRI •
CANTAB • 1° • SEPT • AP 1570 • CONSECR*^ • SVJE • 11° • ET •
^TATIS • SViE 67 ; and the weight quoted above.
Given with the Ewer to the College by Archbishop Parker.
21. Salt and Cover; silver-gilt, 1563.
Corpus Christi Coll.
Circular; repousse in bold relief, with strap-work orna-
ment forming three cartouches containing satyr-masks, with
foliated pendants of fruit and flowers ; the whole finished in
a vigorous style with graver ; the base is similarly orna-
mented, and rests on three demi-monsters ; the cover is
repousse in the same style, with three cherubs' heads and
groups of fruit between them. It is surmounted by a finial,
formed of three grotesque sea monsters, projecting from a
base ; they support a dome-shaped top terminating in a head
perforated for use as a pepper castor ; immediately below
are three lions' head masks. The work of this finial is
unlike that of the rest of the salt.
Marks: E of 1562-3; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; D (as in Cripps, 1552).
Weight: 39*25 oz.
Dimensions: height, ii^; diameter, 6; depth of bowl, ij.
Inscriptions (round upper part of drum in stippled letters):
MATTHiEUS • ArCHIEPUS • CaNTVARIENSIS • DEDIT • COL-
LEGio • Corporis • Christi • CANTABRiGiiE • primo • Sep-
TEMBRIS • Anno • Dni • 1570;" round the lower portion is,
" SALINUM • HOC • CUM • PIXIDE • PRO • PIPERE • IN • OPER-
CULO • CUM • 13 • COCLEARIBUS • DEAURATIS • QUiE • HENT
(HABENT) • CrUM (CHRISTUM) • ET • aPlOS (APOSTOLOS) •
PONDERANT OZ. 64.
Given to the College by Archbishop Parker.
22 plate exhibition 1 895.
22, Apostle's Spoons ; silver-gilt, 1567.
Corpus Christi Coll.
A set of thirteen. One spoon, representing probably the
figure of S. Paul, is earlier than the others and may have
served as a model. The detail is rather more delicate and
the nimbus is plain, the others being rayed.
Marks : On all except the S. Paul spoon. (On stem) I of
1566-7 ; lion pass ; a stag. (In bowl) leopard's head crowned.
On the S. Paul spoon. (On stem) S of 1515-6 ; a heart ; (in
bowl), leopard's head crowned.
Weight of one spoon : 1*85 oz.
LengtA: 7 J.
These ate doubtless the thirteen spoons ftlluded to in the inscription on the
Salt, as having been given by Archbishop Parker.
Figured in Co//, and dyrp, P/ate ; and Camb, Antiq, Sac,t 4to Series, No. xi.
23. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, c. 1562.
Trinity Hall,
Round the body of the cup are rings of plain mouldings
and a broad band of arabesque ornament ; the bottom of the
cup, the cover, and the foot are scalloped ; the stem is bal-
uster shaped, is ornamented with acanthus, and has three
brackets of concave outline at the top ; the base of the cup
and the centre of the cover are ornamented with acanthus
leaves.
Marks: none.
Weight: 34 oz.
Inscription (inside the Ewer, stippled) : + Matthaeus -
Cantuar • Dedit • AvLA • S Trinitat" • Cantab • V> • Ian •
Anno • 1569 • Consec« • Svae • XI« • et • ^Etatis • Svae •
66.
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24« Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1570.
Corpus Christi Coll.
Richly ornamented over the whole surface with repouss^
and chasing ; the foot, baluster-shaped stem, and base in
which the cup rests are repouss6 with grotesque masks, fruit,
and flowers ; the drum is chased with a strap work pattern
and foliated arabesques, and has three medallions of repouss6
containing female heads in high relief; the expanding lip is
also chased and has three cherub heads in relief. The cover
is similarly ornamented with masks, fruit, and flowers, and
is surmounted by a statuette of a nude male figure leaning
on a rod, and holding a blank escutcheon ; within the cover
is engraved a male classical head in profile. Has been
mended with lead.
Marks, (on bowl and lid) : M of 1 569-70 ; leopard's head
crowned ; lion passant ; a bunch of grapes, (as in Cripps,
1568.)
Weight: 5538 oz. (Inscribed " VNCIE 53/')
Dimensions: height, 21 J ; diameter at Up, 5f.
Inscription : (under the foot) + Matth^vs • Cantvar •
Dedit • CoLLE° • Corporis • Chri • Cantab • 1° • Jan' A^ •
DNI • 1569 • CONSEC's • SV^ • 11^ . ET • iETATIS • SViE 66.
Given to the College by Archbishop Parker.
Figured in ColL and Corp. Plate; Old English Plate.
25. TANKAkD; SILVER-GILT, 1 57 1. Trinity Hall.
Round the tankard are four raised bands enriched with
Elizabethan ornament ; between the middle bands are panels
formed of arabesques, with plaques of similar design in their
centres ; the dome-shaped lid is ornamented in a similar
manner, and is surmounted by a vase-shaped knob; the
24 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
handle is attached to the upper and to the third rings of
ornament
Marks: N of 1570-71; London assay office; FR in
monogram (as in Cripps, 1568).
Weight: 1608 oz. (inscribed " : VNCIS : i6«">
Dimensions : height, 3|.
Inscription : (on the bottom, stippled) + Matth^eus :
Archieps : Catuar : I® : Ian : A° D" 1571.
Arms, (on the bottom, stippled): those of Archbishop
Parker.
Given to the College by Archbishop Parker.
26. Tankard; silver-gilt, 1572.
Corpus Christi Coll
The drum has two bands of arabesque ornament, re-
poussd, and finished with the graver, and three circular
medallions with masks in high relief within laurel wreaths;
the lid and handle are similarly ornamented, and the former
has three helmeted masks ; a band of imbricated ornament
finishes the edge of the lid and surrounds the base of the
tankard ; this has been stamped in lengths and finished with
the graver.
Marks, (under vessel and on upper surface of lid) : O of
1571-2; leopard's head crowned; Hon passant; a dove in a
shaped shield.
Weight: 16-29 oz. (inscribed "VNCIS 16 d").
Dimensions : height, 6^ ; diameter at top, 2 J.
Inscriptions: (under tankard, in faintly stippled letters)
Mathaeus Archieps • Cantuar • dedit • colle^ • Cor-
poris • Chri • Cantabrig • I • Jan • A° • D • 1571.
Arms, (stippled) : those of Archbishop Parker.
Given to the College by Archbishop Parker.
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27. Falcon Cup; silver-gilt, c. 1550.
Clare Coll.
A cup in the form of a falcon standing on an oblong
coffret as pedestal, and known as the " Falcon Cup." The
bird and lid of the coffer are wrought in repousse work, and
finished with the graver ; the sides of the coffer are engraved
with foliated grotesques, and in front is a medallion with
laurelled bust ; ring handles, in monsters* heads, are attached
to the ends ; the coffer had formerly four compartments. The
bird is so arranged as to stand without the pedestal. Pro-
bably made in Antwerp {ColL and Corp, Plate, and Rosenberg,
Der Goldschmeide Merkzeichen).
Marks : (under cover) C ; a raised hand and a crown,
(mark of Antwerp Assay Office) ; Pan-pipes in a shield
(maker's mark).
Height, iij.
This cup, and the tankard (No. 18), were left to the College by Dr William
Butler, a former Fellow, physician to James I., and celebrated in his time.
Fuller, in his Worthusy says of him that "he was better pleased with presents
than money, loved what was pretty rather than what was costly, and preferred
rarities before riches/* Dr Butler died in 161 7, aged 83. The cups are referred
to in college documents, firom that time downwards, as ''Dr Butler's falcon
cup," and ** Dr Butler's crystal cup."
28. Tankard ; parcel-gilt mounting, probably late
1 6th cent. Clare Coll.
Known as the "Poison Cup." The drum is made of
glass, enclosed in silver filigree, to which the upper and lower
mounts are hinged ; the base, supported on three cherubs*
heads, is engraved with foliated ornaments, and has a band
of repouss6 arabesque, with masks and strapwork entwined
with wreaths, and supporting birds ; the upper mount, form-
ing the lip, is similarly ornamented ; the cover is set with a
26 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
conical crystal, surrounded with a band of silver filigree.
The thumb-piece is a demi-angel with outspread wings.
The upper part of the handle is engraved with arabesques;
below the annulet is an acanthus. This cup was one of those |
called " poison cups/' from a belief that poison poured into
it would be detected by the glass bursting, and the crystal
in the lid becoming discoloured. It has been supposed by
some that this tankard is German work, but it is considered !
by Mr Cripps (ColL and Corp. Plate) to be English.
Marks: none.
Height: 7.
Inscription: (on bottom) AUL : DE CLARE.
Given to the College by Dr Butler.
29. Sceptre ; silver, c. i 560.
Gonville and Caius ColL
This caduceus consists of a slender rod with a small boss
at each end. Attached to the head and rod are four serpents,
forming brackets. On the bosses are shields of arms in enamel.
These are minute, but appear to be senile of flower gentil.
A small ring surrounds the rod about five inches from its
lower end, forming a handle.
Marks: none.
Dimeftsions : total length, 24I ; length of head, 2 J ; length
of handle, $.
The case is contemporary ; it is covered with leather, and
lined with yellow velvet. The cushion, also contemporary,
is covered with yellow silk, and has a heavy fringe of knot
work in brown silk.
This caduceus, or sceptre, was presented by Dr Caius to the College of
Physicians whilst he was President. On refounding Gonville Hall as Gonville
and Caius Collie he presented a new sceptre to the College of Physicians, and
gave this one to its present possessors. The cushion forms a rest for the sceptre,
or perhaps for one of the other emblems of the President's authority which
Dr Caius introduced at the College of Physicians.
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30. Tazza; silverkjilt, 1573. Christ's Coll.
The cup stands on a baluster stem, fluted and chased ;
the bowl is ornamented with a diaper of interlacing lines of
small circular dots produced by a punch, with a larger circular
punch mark in the centre of each compartment ; a grotesque
monster's head is engraved on the print ; on the rim is en-
graved the portcullis and rose.
Marks : P of 1 572-3 ; lion passant ; leopard's head
crowned ; a trefoil (as in Cripps, 1572).
Weight: 7*85 oz. (inscribed " 7 • 18 • 00 • 8 ").
Dimensions : height, 4J ; diameter, 5f .
31. Cup formed of an Ostrich Egg; silver
MOUNTING, 1593. Corpus CkrisH Coll.
The cup stands on a base ornamented with enriched
mouldings and sea-monsters in relief; the stem is in the form
of a twisted tree trunk ; the egg is enclosed in a small saucer
connected by three bands with the rim; the saucer is en-
graved with cherubs' heads and arabesques; the bands and
lower part of the rim have simple engraved patterns; the
upper part of the rim (about i J high) is engraved with sea-
monsters and a shield of arms. The cover is made from a
different egg, it has a rim with enriched mouldings and is
engraved with representations of insects; the rim is con-
nected by three bands, similar to those round the cup, to a
iinial, probably of the same date as the base. This piece was
originally gilt, but none of the gilding remains. The egg
has been broken. The cup is preserved in a box, shaped
to fit it, of wood covered with stamped leather; the case is
divided vertically and opens on an iron hinge; it formerly
had a strap as a handle.
Marks J (on base): P of iS92'3; lion passant; leopard's
head crowned ; RW with pellet above in shield (as in Cripps,
28 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
1 592, who, however, omits the pellet). The same on the rim.
None on the cover.
Dimensions: total height, 15; height of vessel, iif;
diameter of rim, 3f ; diameter of base, 4f; diameter of
egg, 5i.
Arms (on upper part of rim): Party per pale, three crowns
in pale, impaling a cross fleury cantoned by four escallops
with initials R-B.
Althou|(h none of the mounting of this cup appears to be earlier than the date
indicated by the Hall mark, namely 1593-31 the shell itself is much older. It was
originally given to the gild of Corpus Christi by Henry Tangmer, burgess of
Cambridge and a brother of the gild, in 1341. It was used for carrying the Host,
probably in the great annual procession through the town on the Feast of Corpas
Christi ; it was called ike Gripes eye. It was broken some time between 1553
and 1557, — possibly on the occasion of the canopy which was held over it in
the procession catching fire, — but was repaired between 1557 and 1569. It is
said to have been again repaired at the expense of Richard Fletcher when Bishop
of Bristol, that is, between 1589 and 1592. This tradition is supported by the
evidence of the date-letter.
32. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1593.
Vice-Chancellor of the University.
Known as the Essex Cup. A wide shallow bowl on an
oviform stem with a flat foot ; the cover is domical with a
tapering finial. The cover and bowl are each surrounded by
a simple wreath ; they and the knop of the stem and the foot
are divided into large checkers, the spaces being alternately
plain and hatched. The finial and the edges of the cover and
base have enriched mouldings.
Marks, (on lip): P of 1592-3; leopard's head crowned;
lion passant; IG in monogram, in a shield (as in Cripps,
1 591). The marks inside the cover are nearly obliterated,
but they are clearly the same as those on the cup ; they are
on a piece of metal which has been separated from the rest
of the cover, probably during repairs.
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Weight: cup, 40*2 oz.; cover, 21 oz. ; total, 61*2 oz. (in-
scribed, '* OUNZ 62 *').
Dimensions: total height, 17! ; height of cup, ii|; depth
of bowl, 4| ; diameter of bowl, 8^ ; diameter of foot, 5^.
Inscription^ (round edge of bowl, stippled, in Roman
capitals): ROB • COM • ESSEX • COM • MARESCH • ANGLIC •
CANCEL • CANT • ACAD . DEDIT • PROCANCEL^ . SVCCESSIVE •
A . RR.ELIZ • 40 • 1598.
Arms: (on bowl, stippled) Quarterly, ist, a fess three
torteaux in chief; 2nd, a cross engrailed cantoned by four
water bougets ; 3rd, France modern and England quarterly
within a bordure ; 4th, an escarbuncle. The shield is en-
circled by the Garter, and surmounted by a coronet.
Robert Devereux, K.G., second Earl of Essex, was bom in 1567, and was
educated at Trinity College. He was made Earl Marshal of England in about
1597 and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1598. He was beheaded
-25 Feb. 1600-1. He married the widow of Sir Philip Sidney, by whom he had
a son Robert, the Parliamentary General.
33. Tankard; silver-gilt mountings, late i6th
CENT. Clare Coll.
A tankard of serpentine, known as the " Serpentine Cup."
The marble has been turned in a lathe ; it has slight annular
mouldings and a spreading foot ; it tapers slightly outside,
but is cylindrical inside ; the handle is metal, and is secured
by two metal bands surrounding the vessel ; the lip, lid, and
base are also metal ; the lid is domical ; it has a finial and is
ornamented with three grotesque heads in shields, with strap
work, fruit and flowers between in repouss^ ; the thumb-
piece is a grotesque figure ; the lip is engraved with birds,
the handle with arabesques ; the ring below the lip has a
stamped enrichment ; the lower ring has plain mouldings ;
the foot an enriched moulding.
Marks: none.
Dimensions: total height, 7| ; height of vessel, 5f ; depth,
5 ; diameter of lip, 3 ; diameter of foot, 4J.
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34. Tazza and Cover ; silver-gilt, late i6th cent.
Emmanuel Coll.
Known as the 'Founder's Cup.' The bowl is plain
around the lip, but surrounded lower down with a twisted
cable, below which there are three large shells, between shell-
fish, all in high relief; harpies with upstretched arms appear
to support the bowl ; the upper part of the knop of the stem
is repouss^, in high relief, with a mass of fruits, and the lower
part with four masks, between which are scroll-like arms ;
the foot is circular and ornamented with scroll-work and
grotesques, repouss^. The bowl is double, the interior being
richly worked in repouss^ and chasing, with nude figures and
marine monsters. The cover is repouss^ with shells, the print
inside it has a coat of arms in translucent enamel, the shield
being set in green enamel. The finial is supported by four
demi-seahorses, and is surmounted by a heart-shaped enamel-
led escutcheon, containing on one side a coat of arms, and on
the other the initials W M, for Walter Mildmay, knotted
together, the whole surmounted by a helm and crest
Marks: the marks on the lip of the bowl are almost
illegible, but they appear to be as follows: a lion's head
affront^e, not crowned ; a Gothic T and a very indistinct mark
in a hexagon. Although the several pieces of which the cup
is formed are easily separable, the marks are not repeated on
any of them.
Weight: cup, 63*5 oz. ; cover, 33*95 oz. ; total, 97*45 oz.
Dimensions: total height, 15 J; height of cup, 7|; depth
of bowl to boss, I; diameter of cover, 10; diameter of base, 6.
Arms: (on print in cover), Quarterly, ist, arg. three lions
rampant az. ; 2nd, arg. on a canton or, a mullet [purpure .?] ;
3rd, az. a chevron embattled or, between three roses arg.
seeded or; 4th, per fess nebulae or and sable, three grey-
hounds' heads couple counterchanged collared of the first.
(On finial): as in 4th quarter of the above diflferenced by
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a mullet. Crest: on a helmet affront^e with visor closed, a
lion's head erased gorged.
This cup was given to the College by the founder, Sir Walter Mildmay
(1521—89).
Figured in Coll. and Corp. Plate; and PuhL Camb, Antiq, Soc. 410 series,
No. XI.
35. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1603.
Corpus Christi Coll.
The- bowl is straight sided, and is ornamented with ara-
besques round the lip, and with a coat of arms between two
skulls ; it is supported by three brackets on a vase-shaped
stem with a swelling foot ; the stem is ornamented with
shells, and enriched mouldings surround the lower parts of
the cover, bowl, and foot. On the top of the cover is the
figure of a soldier, armed with a spear and shield.
Marks: E of 1602-3 ; London Assay ; AB (as in Cripps,
1602).
Weight: \v\ oz. (inscribed " ii°"*^«").
Dimensions: total height, \\\\ height of cup, 7^; depth
of bowl, 3| ; diameter of bowl, 3^ ; diameter of foot, i^^.
Inscription: EX DONO JOHANNIS CHAMPERNOWNE.
Arms: Quarterly of twenty: ist, ermine, a saltire vair;
2nd, arg. three bendlets or ; 3rd, arg. two chevrons or, in a
canton a mullet ; 4th, two lions passant ; Sth, a chevron or
between three birds ; 6th, on a chevron between three birds'
(.? hawks) heads erased three acorns ; 7th, a chevron engrailed
between three birds ; 8th, three corbs (.?) ; 9th, a chevron
ermine between three birds; lOth, three birds* heads erased;
I ith, two bars nebula (.^) ; 12th, as no. 4, on a bordure eight
saltires; 13th, a castle; 14th, Vairy; 15th, three fleur-de-lis;
1 6th, a fess, in chief three pawns; 17th, a trellis; i8th, as
no. i; 19th, on a bend three horseshoes; 20th, an eagle
displayed. Crest, (over the shield on the cover): a swan
issuing from a ducal crown.
32 plate exhibition 1 895.
36. Standing Cup; silver-gilt, 1607.
Corpus Christi Coll.
A shallow cup on stem. Arabesque ornaments engraved
round the lip both inside and outside, and a head in the
centre of the bowl. The stem is conical with expanded top,
and from it rise three arms of serpentine form which support
the bowl. The domical foot is ornamented with repousse
work.
Marks: I of 1606-7 ; London Assay ; CB in a shield (as
in Cripps, 1606).
Weight: 8*17 oz. (inscribed "8°° !<*")•
Inscription, (on side of bowl in stippled letters) : COLL •
CORPU • CHRISTI.
37. Ewer and Basin; silver-gilt, 1607.
Sidney Sussex Coll,
Ewer.
The bowl is contracted in the middle, the upper part is
ornamented with cartouches containing sea-monsters, and
surrounded by strap work, flowers, marks, &c. ; the base and
neck are similarly enriched ; the lower part of the bowl is
ornamented with acanthus ; all in bold repouss^ ; there are
numerous enriched mouldings ; the upper part of the handle
is formed of a grotesque female bust.
Marks, (on neck): I of 1606-7; lion passant; leopard's
head crowned ; R W with a pellet below (as in Cripps, 1605).
Weight: 52- 1 oz.
Dimensiofts : total height, 16J; greatest diameter, about 6.
Crest, stippled under the lip: a talbot's head erased
collared.
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Basin.
Ornamented with sea-monsters, shells, cherubs* heads,
flowers, &c., and enriched mouldings, in the centre a boss
engraved in stippling with a shield of arms.
Marks : the same as on Ewer.
Dimensiom : diameter, 19J ; width of rim, if ; height, 2| ;
depth to boss, |.
Weight: 938 oz.
Inscription: (round boss, in Roman capitals, stippled)
EX DONO lOANNIS HARINGTON EQVITIS AVRITI ORDINIS
BALNEI FILII ET HAEREDIS lOANNIS BARONIS DE EXTON.
Arms: Quarterly, ist and 4th, a fret, 2nd and 3rd, [arg.]
two thigh-bones in saltire [sa.] between four pears [or], a
bordure engr. [of the second], for Kelway. Crest : a talbot's
head erased collared.
Sir John Harington, K.B., second Baron Harington of Exton, was son of the
first Lord by Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Kelway. He was, through
his mother, related to the Foundress, who made his father and th& Earl of Kent
her executors. He died 27 Feb. 16 13 — 4, aged 22.
38. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1608.
Corpus Christi Coll.
The lower part of the bowl is ornamented with expanding
flutings ; on the upper part are three cartouches containing
sea-monsters in relief; between two of them is a blank shield.
The stem has a knop formed of three plain bosses alternating
with scallop shells in relief The base is high and ornamented
with flutings similar to those on the bowl, and has a stamped
enrichment on the lowest moulding. On the cover are car-
touches similar to those on the bowl, and a finial consisting of
a triangular spire supported on grotesques. Has been re-
cently regilt.
3
34 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
Marks y (on lip and cover): K of 1607-8 ; leopard's head
crowned; lion passant; T W in monogram (as in Cripps,
1607).
Weight: with cover, 25 oz. (inscribed. " 15 ONC")
Dimensions: total height, 15 J; height of vessel, 8J ; depth
of bowl, 3| ; diameter of bowl, 4J ; diameter of foot, 3 J.
Inscription^ (round lip in stippled letters): MUNUSCULU
DUORU FRATRU RO ET TO IN ^^ 1607 + COLLEGIU COR-
PORIS Christi.
The inscription refers to Robert and Thomas Ogle of Lincolnshire, members
of the College in 1607.
39. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1609.
Trinity Hall.
Known as Bishop Barlow's Cup. The upper part of the
bowl is ornamented with fleur-de-lis and scallop shells and
a blank shield ; the lower part with leaves ; the stem is
baluster-shaped, with three grotesque brackets on a high
pedestal foot with ornament similar to that on the bowl.
The cover is domical, with similar ornament ; its finial con-
sists of a female figure with a spear, supported by three
grotesques like those on the stem.
MarkSy (on cover and lip of bowl): L of 1608-9: lion
passant ; leopard's head crowned ; T C, with three pellets
above and one below, in a shield (as in Cripps, 161 3).
Weight: 386 oz. (inscribed under foot "• 39 • OUNCES.
•1613-").
Dimensions : total height, 20J ; height of cup, 14I ; dia-
meter of bowl, 5f ; diameter of foot, 4f ; depth of bowl, 5|.
Given to the collie by William Barlow, a native of Lancashire, and a
member of the college. He became Bishop of Rochester, whence he was
translated in 1608 to the see of Lincoln. He died in 161 3.
!►
i. secular. 35
40. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1609.
Corpus Christi Coll.
The bowl is supported on a vase-shaped stem, with three
brackets ; the cover is domical, and surmounted by a pierced
triangular spire with a finial ; the bowl, cover, and base are
ornamented with leaves.
Marks: L of 1608--9; London Assay; I S on a line
above a crescent (as in Cripps, 1608, where however the line
is omitted).
Weight: 29- 39 oz. (inscribed " xxr"- ").
Dimensions: height of cup, iij; diameter, 5^; diameter
of foot, 4i ; height of cover, 6f .
Inscription, (round lip) : Ex DONO JOH • lEGON • Epi :
Nor : Martii X • An : Dom : 1614."
John Jegon was Master of Corpus Christi College from 1590 to 1602, and
Bishop of Norwich from 1602 till 1618.
41. Tazza ; silver-gilt, i6io. Christ's Coll.
Of similar size, character, and workmanship to No. 30.
Marks: M of 1609-10; lion passant; leopard's head;
(maker's mark illegible).
Weight: 843 oz. (inscribed, "8 • 13 • 12").
42. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, i6io.
Sidney Sussex Coll.
The bowl is ornamented with a formal arrangement of
flowers and trellis work, of excellent design, and with shields
of arms ; the stem is baluster shaped with three grotesque
brackets ; the base is ornamented with flowers and leaves ;
the domical cover is surrounded by a scroll of foliage, and
surmounted by a. pierced triangular spire, also resting on
three grotesque brackets.
3—2
36 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
Marks: N of 16 10-11; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; W R over a rainbow (as in Cripps, 1608).
Weight: (from College Plate-book) 69 oz. 3 dwt.
Dimensions: total height, 17^; height of ciip, \2\ ; depth
of bowl, 4f ; diameter of cup, 4| ; diameter of foot, 4f .
Arms: (on bowl) arms of the College; also arms of the
Earl of Kent, viz., Quarterly of six, ist, barry of six arg. and
purp., in chief three roundles ; 2nd, a manche ; 3rd, arg. three
piles in point az. ; 4th, three garbs, two and one ; Sth, three
leopards* heads jessant de lys ; 6th, barry of six, an orle of
martlets. The shield is surmounted by an Earl's coronet.
This cup was given to the College by Henry, Earl of Kent, one of the
Executors of the Foundress.
43. Standing Cup; silver, i6i6. Trinity Coll.
Known as the Nevile Cup. The bowl is hemispherical ;
the stem is baluster shaped. Two of its members are discs
with bosses on their edges. There are three grotesque
brackets at its top, and it has a high base. The lower part
of the bowl was renewed in 1871, and the thumb screw, by
which it is fastened to the stem, was then added.
Marks: (on lip) S of 161 5-16; lion passant; leopard's
head crowned. (Maker) A B in a shield (as in Cripps, 1602).
Weight: 94*80 (inscribed under base " 124 les 2 ").
Dimensions: height, i6|; diameter of bowl, \q\\ diameter
of base, 6| ; depth of bowl, 6J.
Inscriptiofi : (in Italian script) "Ex DONO Thomae
Nevile sacrae Theologiae Doctoris, Decani Can-
tuariensis, et hujus collegii magistri."
Arms: (on bowl) Quarterly of nine ; ist, on a cross gules,
a rose ; 2nd, frettee a canton ermine ; 3rd, ermine a lion
rampant ; 4th, ermine, in chief a crescent (probably for dif-
ference); 5th, per fess dancettd arg. and vert; 6th, three
crescents between eight cross crosslets ; 7th, quarterly arg.
and vert, over all a bend ; Sth, three bars, on a bordure, ten
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birds (? ducks); 9th, on a chevron, three crosses formee.
Motto: Neuile UELIS. (Opposite), the arms of the College.
Thomas Nevile, D.D., one of the greatest benefactors to Trinity College, was
Master of Magdalene College from 158a to 1593, and of Trinity from 1593 till his
death in 1615.
44. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1617.
St Johns Coll.
A tall cup on a baluster stem, with six grotesque brackets
attached ; the lip is enlarged and engraved ; the bowl, base,
and cover are ornamented with grotesques, amorini, lions'
heads, fruit, &c., in repouss^, enclosing medallions with my-
thological figures also in repouss6 ; the cover is surmounted
by a figure of fjercules on a pedestal, supported by three
grotesque brackets, and three dolphins form brackets for the
base. The top of the stem is formed into a deep socket to
receive the bowl.
Marks: (on lip and cover) T of 16 16-7; lion passant;
leopard's head crowned ; (on lip) a trefoil in an irregular oval
ring.
Weight: cup, 65 4 oz. ; cover, 27 oz. ; total, 92*4 oz.
Dimensions : total height, 24I ; height of vessel, 1 5f ;
depth of bowl, 6^ ; diameter of lip, 6| ; diameter of bowl, 3 J ;
diameter of foot, 6J.
45. Standing Cup; silver-gilt, 161 7.
Corpus Christi Coll.
A small cup on a tall spindle-shaped stem, with three
cherub brackets at the top. The bowl is ornamented with
leaves, in repouss^ work, rising from the base. There is
slight engraving round the rim. The base is flat and
ornamented with similar leaves to those on the bowl. The
gilding is almost gone.
Marks: (on rim) T of 1616-7; lion passant; leopard's
38 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
head crowned. R between two pellets, with W below (as in
Cripps, 1 616). Lion passant repeated under foot.
Weight: 875 oz. (inscribed "90"").
Dimensions : height, 8^ ; diameter of bowl, 3^ ; depth of
bowl, 3J ; diameter of foot, 3-j^.
Inscriptions: (stippled on rim) WiLLIAM JOHNSON, 1616 ;
and Coll. Corp. Christi.
Arms: (stippled on bowl) Quarterly, ist and 4th, a canton
charged with a bird ; 2nd and 3rd, a chevron between three
crescents.
William Johnson, adm. 1608, A.M. 16 15.
46. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1619.
J^mmanuel ColL
The lower part of the bowl is ornamented with acanthus
leaves repouss6, and the upper part with strap-work scrolls
engraved ; the stem is baluster shaped ; two members are
discs with bosses on the edges ; the upper of these and the
knop are connected by grotesque brackets. The high base
and the domical cover are ornamented in a similar manner
to the bowl ; the finial is a square open-work spire on four
grotesques, and with brackets of similar form at the top ; it
appears to have been originally surmounted by a figure.
Marks: (on lip) A of 16 18-9; lion passant; leopard's
head crowned ; IS with a pellet below in a shaped shield.
The lion passant is repeated under the foot, the three other
marks on the cover.
Weight : 33*35 oz.
Dimensions: total height, 18^; height of vessel, \2\\
depth of bowl, $ ; diameter of lip, 4| ; diameter of foot, \\.
Arms: (stippled on bowl) Quarterly, ist and 4th, three
gauntlets ; 2nd and 3rd, a saltire, on the fess point a rose.
Impaling, quarterly, ist and 4th, three lions rampant; 2nd
and 3rd, flanches, two crosses patt^e. Inscribed below (in
script), MiLDMAY Fane.
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47. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1629.
Christ's Coll.
The lower part of the bowl is ornamented with six up-
right leaves, repouss6 ; the upper part is engraved with strap
ornament ; on the plain part between is a shield bearing the
arms of the Montagues, and, opposite, their crest ; the stem
is baluster shaped, with engraved ornament, and has three
grotesque brackets ; the base has leaf and strap ornaments
similar to those on bowl, and enriched mouldings round the
lower part; the cover is ornamented with leaves similar to
those on bowl and base ; the finial consists of a square open-
work spire supported by four grotesques standing on a cir-
cular base, with enriched mouldings; it is surmounted by a
figure of Britannia holding a trident and a shield bearing the
Union Jack.
Marks: L of 1628-9; lio'* passant; leopard's head
crowned ; T F as a monogram in a shield.
Weight : (this cannot be tested, as the hollow base is filled
with a block of wood. An inscription states that it is 62 oz.
4 dwt.).
Dimensions: total height, 25f ; height of cup, 16J ; dia-
meter of bowl, 6J ; depth of bowl, 6.
Inscriptions: (on lip, stippled) "Ex DONO Georgii MON-
TAGUE D HENRICI COMITIS MANCESTRIi« FILII NATU
QUINTJ." (Under foot) " 62 oz. 4 dwt."
Arms: az. three fusils conjoined in fess arg. Crest: a
demi-gryphon collared.
George Montagu, fifth son of Henry Montagu, (created Earl of Manchester,
5 Feb. 1625 — a6,) by his third wife, whom he married a6 Apr. 1620.
40 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
48. Tankard; silver-gilt, 1636. Trinity Hall.
Marks: S of 1635-6. London Assay. Maker's mark
doubtful, possibly lilies growing out of a pot.
Weight: 4574 oz.
Dimensions : height, 8^ ; diameter at lip, 4| ; diameter of
base, 5j.
Inscription: (in front, in script) MINIMUM E MULTIS
DONUM ViRI DE HOC COLLEGIO / OPTIME MERITI THOMiE
EdENI LEGUM DOCTORIS / EJUSDEMQVE CUSTODIS VlGI-
LANTISSIML
Artns: (above inscription) on a fess between two chevrons
charged with three escallops as many garbs, a crescent in the
honour point for difference. Crest: a demi-dragon couped
holding a branch of a rose tree with three blooms, slipped.
Thomas Eden, LL.D., was Master of Trinity Hall 1626— 1645.
49. Standing Cup; silver, 1637. Qtieens Coll,
Known as the Compton Cup. A plain cup, the bowl
covered with stippling ; a baluster stem, with flame ornament
engraved on the top member.
Marks: on lip T of 1636-7 ; lion passant ; leopard's head
crowned ; ^^ with a pellet on each side of the R.
Weight: 46-25 oz.
Dimensions: total height, I2| ; depth of bowl, 6 ; diameter
of bowl, 6 ; diameter of foot, 6\,
Inscription: (on lip) Ex DONO PR^:N0BILIS JACOBI DO-
MINI COMPTON HONORATISSIMI COMITIS NORTHAMPTONI.E
FILIJ Natu Maximi.
Arms: (on one side of the bowl) the arms granted to the
College in 1575 ; (on the other side of the bowl) the Compton
Arms, viz., a lion passant regardant between three helms,
differenced with a label of three points.
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60. Cup and Cover; silver, 1658.
Peterhouse.
This is a straight-sided cup, with two handles in the form
of female figures ; the ornament on the sides is divided into
panels filled with stiff foliage ; the cover is ornamented with
similar foliage and has a plain knop.
Marks: V of 1657-8; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; A F in an irregular shield.
Weight: 36*95 oz.
Dimensions: total height, 7^; height of cup, 6; diameter
of lip, 4j ; diameter of foot, 7 J.
Inscription: (in script) DONUM JOHANNIS EPISCOPI /
DUNELM NUPER MAGISTRI / HUJUS COLLEGII A° / D^'
MDCLXI :
Arms: (on one side) the Arms of the College, with PE-
CULUM MAGISTRI COLL. S^ PETRI. (On the Other side) the
Arms of the See of Durham, impaling, or, a fret Crests : on
helm dexter a bishop s mitre, sinister a bird volant.
The inscription refers to John Cosin, D.D., Master of Peterhouse from 1635
tiU 1644, when he was ejected ; restored in 1660, in which year he was appointed
to the Bishopric of Durham. He died in 1674.
51. Caudle Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, i66i.
Emntamiel Coll.
The lower part of the bowl and the cover are ornamented
with fruit and flowers, repouss^ ; the handles are crowned
with female busts ; the cover has a knob formed of four gro-
tesque heads. The inside is not gilt.
Marks: C of 1660-1 ; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; T A with a star and two pellets below, in a shield.
Weight: 33*8402,
Dimensions: height, 4J; diameter at lip, sJ; greatest
diameter, 6| ; diameter at base, 4^.
42 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
Ifiscription: (on bowl, in script) Ex DONO Henrici Fane
FiLIJ 3^'^ COMITIS WESTMORLAND!^.
Arms: Quarterly of sixteen : ist, three gauntlets ; 2nd, a
chevron engrailed between three rings ; 3rd, a chief, over all
a crowned lion rampant ; 4th, a cross ; in the dexter chief, an
escocheon bearing three chevronels ; 5th, a bend between six
fleur-de-lis; 6th, quarterly, first and fourth, az. two pallets
arg., second and third, ermine ; 7th, on a chief two wiverns'
heads erased ; 8th, two lions passant ; 9th, a saltire on the
fess point a rose ; lOth, frettde, a canton ermine ; i ith, a fess
between six cross crosslets ; 12th, barry of eight, arg. and gu. ;
13th, a lion rampant; 14th, chequ6, arg. and vert; 15th
quarterly, first and fourth, a plain shield, second and third,
a fret, over all a bend ; i6th, three chevronels. Crest: out
of a ducal crown, a bull's head couped issuant, differenced
with a rose. Motto: NE vile fano.
52. Porringer and Cover ; silver, probably c
1670. Trinity Hall.
The bowl is ornamented with acanthus and laurel leaves
springing from the base. The cover is flat with ornament
similar to that on the bowl. The knop is surrounded by
acanthus leaves.
Marks: (on lip) maker TH with a star below. The T is
doubtful. This mark appears to be repeated four times, but
there are no others.
Weight: 32*88 oz.
Dimensions : total height, 7 J ; height without cover, 5 J ;
diameter, 6^.
Inscriptions : (round rim of cover and on bowl) Ex DONO
Johannis Sudbury comensalis 1677; (on bowl) Aul
Trin.
Arms: (of Donor .^) a talbot passant in a bordure en-
grailed.
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53. Three Tankards; pewter, c. 167 i.
Kings Coll.
Maker^s mark: RB 167 1 and a dove with an olive branch.
These pieces are inscribed with the College arms and
PKC. They all have the same maker's mark ; their heights
are respectively 8|, 8^, and 5^.
54. Tankard; silver, 1682. Kings Coll
This has an ornament of acanthus leaves on the moulding
round the rim and also round the base ; the thumb piece is
formed of two dolphins intertwined ; a whistle handle.
Marks: D of 1681-2; leopard's head crowned; lion passant
The maker's mark, which only occurs on the lid, is illegible.
Weight: (inscribed on the bottom) 34"8.
Height: (vessel only) 5^.
Inscription: (on vessel) Ex DONO Henrici Lyttelton
GENEROSL AnNO DOMINI 1 68 1.
Arms : (above inscription), in mantling of palm leaves the
Lyttelton arms: Quarterly, ist, a chevron between three
escallops ; 2nd, two lions passant ; 3rd, a Hon rampant in a
bordure engrailed ; 4th, the Royal arms of 1681 in a bordure
for difference. Crest: a negro's head couped. Motto: Vng
DiEV / Vng ROY. (On lid) the College arms in a mantling of
palm leaves and CoLL. REGAL.
55. Tankard ; silver, 1683. Queens Coll.
The bowl and cover are ornamented with pseudo-Chinese
designs and with shields of arms.
Marks: (on lip and lid) E of 1682-3; lion passant;
leopard's head crowned; PM with a pellet between, a star
above, and a fleur-de-lis below in a quatrefoiL (The last
mark is repeated on the handle.)
Weight : 40*6 oz.
44 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
Ditnensiom : total height, 8; height of vessel, 6; diameter
at lip, 5^ ; diameter at foot, 6^.
hiscriptions : (in Italian script) Ex DONO Mattei DUCIE
MoRETON Genero^^ • and Coll Regin Cant :
Arms; the arms granted to the College in 1575 and a
shield bearing : a chevron between three buckles ; on a shield
of pretence two lions passant gardant. Crest: on an esquire's
helmet, a demi-cock displayed.
56. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1684.
St Johns Coll.
Known as the "Burleigh Cup." The bowl stands on a
baluster stem and is engraved with quasi-Chinese scenes and
shields of arms ; on the foot is engraved foliage ; the cover is
ornamented with Chinese figures similar to those on the bowl
and with shields of arms &c., and is surmounted by a female
figure clothed in a chiton and holding a rod.
Marks: E of 1683-4; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant; AH with star above and crescent below, in a shield
(as in Cripps, 1681).
Weight: cup, 98*25 oz.; cover, 16*5.
Dimensions: total height, 22^; height of cup, i6|; depth
of bowl, 7^ ; diameter of bowl, 8^ ; diameter of foot, ^\,
htscriptions I (round foot, in Roman capitals) EX DONO
ILLUSTRISSIMI JACOBI COMITIS SARISBVRICE VICE COMITIS
CRANBVRN ET BARONIS CECILL DE ESSENDINE • (on pedestal
of cover) COLL • S^ lOHN • CANTAB.
A rms : (on bowl) the arms of the College ; (on bowl and
cover) the arms of Cecil, viz.: Barry of ten arg. and gu. six
shields three two and one, each bearing a lion rampant.
Supporters: two lions rampant ermine. The shield sur-
mounted by an Earl's coronet. Motto : (on bowl) SERO SED
SERIO. Crest: (on cover) six crossed arrows bound together
at the centre surmounted by a shield, over all is an EarFs
coronet.
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57. Tankard; silver, 1691. King's Coll.
Marks: (on cup and lid) N of 1690-1; leopard's head;
Hon passant ; IS with niullet underneath.
Weight : (inscribed underneath) 68 oz. 5 d wt.
Dimensions: total height, 9J; height of vessel, 7; diameter
inside, sh
inscription : (on vessel) Lega VIT J. Gerard / A • M •
nuper socius / Coll • Regal • Ann • Doni • 1690. (On
handle) 2.
Arms: (on vessel) a shield bearing a saltire (arms of
Donor ?) ; (on lid) the arms of the College and CoLL. Regal.
58. Punch Bowl and Cover; silver, 1692.
Trinity Coll.
The surface of the bowl is ornamented with ten spiral
scallops with plain convex surfaces ; the spaces between have
a slightly granular surface ; the hanging handles are held in
the mouths of lions.
Marks: O of 169 1-2; leopard's head crowned; lion passant;
R • C • between six pellets in a beaded ellipse (as in Cripps,
1684).
Weight: (from College Plate-book) 1150Z. lodwt.
Dimensions: total height, 13; height of bowl, 8f, diameter
of bowl, 13^; diameter of base, 7f.
Inscription : (on the panel of the bowl next to the College
arms) Ex DoNO Caroli Firebrace Arm: et Georgii
Fratris / EJUS Filiorum Dni Basilii / Firebrace Mili-
TIS & / Baronetti.
Arms: (inside bowl) on a bend between two roses, three
crescents ; (in one of the panels) the College arms* ; (on
cover) the College arms [as on bowl]. Crest: (on cover, on
opposite side) a portcullis held by a dexter arm in plate
armour counter embowed,
* The lion is not gardant.
46 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
59. MoNTEiTH ; SILVER, 1 698. Pembroke Coll,
The bowl has hanging handles ; the rim, which was move-
able, has been fastened to the bowl ; it has eight depressions
with heads between them, and is fluted and ornamented with
two medallions bearing shields of arms.
Marks: (on rim and on bowl) B of 1697-8; lion's head
erased: Britannia; A Ne [for Anthony Nelme. Cripps, 1700].
Weight: 5475 oz.
Dimensions: height, 8; internal diameter, 9J; total depth,
7\ ; depth of rim, 2.
Inscription: (underneath) Edmundus FILIUS Natu Max-
iMus / RoBERTi Bacon Baronetti / de Redgrave in
Agro Suffolciensi dedit / AuL. Pemb. Cant.
Arms: (on one side of bowl) per pale arg. and three
lions rampant In chief counterchanged a rose and thistle.
(On the other side) Quarterly, ist and 4th, gu. on a chief arg.
two mullets ; 2nd and 3rd, barry of six or and az., over all
a bend gu.; on a shield of pretence the hand of Ulster.
Crest : a boar passant ermine.
60. Ewer and Basin; silver-gilt, probably 17th
cent. St Johns Coll.
Ewer.
The ewer is octagonal and is ornamented with foliated
afabesques, masks, and strap work, repouss^. A portion of
the stem seems to have been renewed or repaired.
Marks : (on base) a pine-apple [Augsburg assay] ; a mark
resembling a St Andrew's cross with a bar joining the upper
ends of the limbs and with a pellet above, in a shield (nearly
identical with the mark given by Rosenberg under the year
i6cs).
Weight: 30-602.
Height: 9^.
I
I. SECULAR. 47
Inscription : (on ewer and inside lid) COLL DIVI JOHAN •
CANT.
Crest: (on lid, faintly stippled) a crowned Hon rampant.
Basin.
The Basin is octagonal and is ornamented in a similar
style to the ewer ; the centre is raised to receive the base of
the ewer, and on either side of it is a winged amorino
seated.
Marks: (on the raised centre) as on ewer.
Weight: 47*25 oz.
Dimensions: length, I7f ; width, 13^; height, ij.
Inscription: (round centre) Ex DONO Edwardi Vil-
LIERS, GENEROSI 1671, and COLLEGIUM DiVI JOHANNIS
Cant.
Arms: (on raised centre) a Cross charged with five
escallops. (Beneath the dish), the Arms of the College.
61. SaLVER; SILVER, PROBABLY 17th CENT.
Pembroke Coll.
The edge is bossed into twenty scallops, each containing a
flower ; the centre boss has a fluted border, and is surrounded
by a garland on which birds are perched. The decoration is
beaten out frorii below, but the lines and the raised surfaces
are enriched by tooling on the upper surface, giving a very
brilliant effect. Portuguese work.
Marks: none.
Weight: 28* i oz.
Dimensions: height, if; diameter, 15^.
Inscription: (underneath, partly illegible) Ex DONO Chr.
MiLLES DE NACKINTON ARM [?] IN COM . . . CANTII :
AUL : Pemb[roke] Co Soc : Apud Cantab : a : d.
1730-
48 PLATE EXHIBITION 1895.
62. Tankard; silver, 1700. Trinity Coll.
There is a spiral fluting round the lower part of the
tankard and the edge of the lid ; an enriched band encircles
the plain portion above the fluting.
Marks: (on lip and on lid) D of 1699-1700; Britannia;
lion's head erased ; KE with two pellets above and a star
below, in a shield.
Weight : 52 oz. 14 dwt (inscribed beneath, "55:5 ").
Dimensions : total height, 9|; height of bowl, j\\ diameter
of top, 6\ ; diameter of base, 6J.
Inscription: (in Italian script) Ex DONO Thomae Als-
ton Armig filii natu: maximi Rowlandi Allston
Baronett' de Woodhill in Com Bedford.
Arms: ten estoiles 4, 3, 2, i. Crest: on a wreath a
crescent with an estoile of six points. Also, the arms of the
College, and : COLL : Trin : CANT.
63. Snuff Box ; silver, i 700. St Johns Coll.
Marks: (on side) D of 1699-1700; Britannia; lion's
head erased ; S O in an oval.
Dimensions: length, 5J; width, 4{; height, l^.
Inscription: (on lid) Ex DONO Christopheri Blakis-
ton L.L.B. Coll : Div : Johan : Evang:
Arms: (on lid) Barry of four, in chief three cocks. Crest:
a cock.
64. Mace; copper-gilt, 1625- 1648.
Corporation of Cambridge.
A very small, but elegant municipal mace of medieval
type, the handle retaining in the three projecting plates the
form of the primitive head ; the shaft is surrounded by three
moulded bands ; the head is of hemispherical form, broad in
I. SECULAR. 49
proportion to its length ; it is divided into four sections by
moulded bands connecting the shaft with the rim ; the four
divisions contain the letters C R, a rose, and an arched
crown; the rim was formerly surrounded by a cresting of
alternate crosses and fleur-de-lis, six of each, f in. high ; all
of them are broken off or mutilated, and the plate which
doubtless covered the head is missing.
Dimensions: total length, including cresting, loj; length
of shaft, 7f ; length of head, i|; diameter of head, 2\\
diameter of shaft, ^.
65. Great Mace and Rest.
Corporation of Cambridge.
Mace; silver-gilt, 171 i.
A large mace with an arched crown. The head or bowl
is divided into four sections by scrolls surmounted by demi-
human figures; the compartments contain, (i) the rose and
thistle, (2) the fleur-de-lis, (3) the harp, — each surmounted by
a crown between the letters A R; (4) the Arms of the
Borough. On the cover of the head are the Royal Arms
encircled by the badge and motto of the order of the Garter
and surmounted by a crown between the letters A R ; below
is the motto " SEMPER EADEM.*' The bowl is surrounded by
a cresting of alternate maltese crosses and fleur-de-lis, four of
each ; the arches of the crown are perhaps later than the rest.
Below the head are four grotesque brackets rising from the
upper knop, which is ornamented with acanthus and laurel ;
there is another knop at the middle of the shaft, and a lai^e
foot, the upper half concave, the lower half convex ; both
knop and foot are ornamented with acanthus.
Marks: P of 1710-1 ; lion's head erased; Britannia; Py
with a crown and a rose above [for Benjamin Pyne. Cripps,
1701]. These appear under the bowl — the lion's head twice —
and on the cover; the lion's head and maker's mark are
repeated on the necking, central knop, and foot, the maker's
4
50 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
mark alone on the tip of the bowl and the upper and lower
parts of the shaft.
Weight: (stippled inscription under the bowl, "155 i/**)-
Total length: 52f.
Arms: on cover, the Royal Arms, viz.: Quarterly,
1st and 4th, England and Scotland impaled ; 2nd, France
modern ; 3rd, Ireland. Supporters : Dexter, lion crowned ;
sinister, unicorn royally got^ed and chained. Crown above.
On bowl, arms of the Borough.
Rest; silver-gilt and iron.
A forked iron support with the end made to drop into a
socket ; the shaft has a small ring at the back and another at
the side. In front of the fork is placed a silver-gilt escutcheon
charged with the royal arms as on the Mace, with the same
mottos and supporters, and having for the crest a crowned
lion passant gardant on a crown surmounting a helmet
Marks : same as on Mace.
Weight: (stippled inscription on back, "25-8").
This Mace and Rest were given to the town in 1710 by Samuel Shepheard,
jun., Esq. , of Exning, one of the Members of Parliament for the Borough. He
was elected to represent the County in 1734.
66. Four Maces; silver-gilt, 1724.
Corporation of Cambridge.
These four smaller maces are similar in character to the
great mace. They are all identical in design, date and size.
One of them may be described as follows :
The head is ornamented, like that of the great mace, with
the Royal badges and the Arms of the Borough, but with
the initials G R instead of A R. On the cover of the bowl
are the Royal Arms.
Marks: H of 1723 ; lion passant ; leopard's head crowned
P with a crown above, in a shield of irregular shape [for
I. SECULAR. 5 1
Benjamin Pyne. Cripps, 1684]. These marks are repeated
on various parts.
Total length: 42.
Inscription: (in a cartouche on the foot, in script) The
Gift of / Tho. Bacon Esq / Tho. Nutting / Mayor /
1724.
Arms: (on cover) as on the great mace, except that
the 4th quarter contains the arms of Hanover instead of
England and Scotland impaled, and the motto below is
DIEU ET MON DROIT instead of SEMPER EADEM: (engraved
on foot) or a chevron gules between three trefoils slipped.
Thomas Bacon, by whom these four Maces were given, was one of the
Members of Parliament for the Borough till his death in 1 736. The mention of
Thomas Nutting in the inscription merely indicates that he was Mayor at the
time.
67. Tankard; silver, 1702. King's Coll.
A large plain tankard with a thumb-piece in the form of a
lion couchant
Marks: (on rim and lid) year letter of 1701-2 ; lion's head
erased ; Britannia ; L E.
Weight: (inscribed underneath, "42 • 12").
Dimensions: total height, 8^; height of vessel, S|.
Inscription: (in Roman capitals) EX DONO JOSEPHO
HERNE 1701 :
Arms: (on vessel) a chevron ermine between three storks.
Crest: a stork's head erased ducally gorged. (On lid) the
arms of the College.
68. Tankard; silver, 1706. Sidney Sussex ColL
There are plain mouldings round the base and lip.
Marks: L of 1706-7; lion's head erased; Britannia; S P
with pellet above and below.
Weight: 23* 17 oz.
4—2
52 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
Dimensions: height to top of thumb-piece, 7^; height to
rim, 5} ; diameter of cup, 6J ; diameter of foot, 5.
Inscription: Ex DONO Radulphi Cromwell Comen-
SALIS.
Arms: (on one side) the arms of the College with : coll.
SID. below. (Opposite) a shield bearing a lion rampant.
69. Ewer ; silver, i 707. Pembroke Coll.
A helmet-shaped ewer with Rococo ornament
Marks: L of 1706-7 ; Britannia ; lion's head erased ; M A
with a crown above and a mullet below.
Weight: 50*25 oz. (inscribed " 51. : 18").
Inscription: Ex DONO RiCHARDI Belward Aul :
Pemb : Commensalis.
70. Beaker; silver, 171 i. Pembroke Coll.
Marks: P of 1710-1 ; Britannia; lion's head erased; S:H
with a pellet above and below in a lozenge [for Alice Sheene.
Cripps].
Weight: 14*5 oz. (inscribed " i8«' : 17***^'").
Dimensions: height, 4f; diameter at lip, 3f ; diameter at
foot, 3j.
Inscription: (below shield) Gault : ROWLAND /
Can HAM : 1656 : D.
Arms: (on one side of cup) Quarterly of nine: ist, on a
chevron three estoiles ; 2nd, a cross fleur-de-lis6e over all
a bend, thereon three buckles ; 3rd, (undecipherable, probably
a wreath); 4th, a bend ragul6 between two garbs; 5th, a
bend between three estoiles; 6th, a chevron between three
sinister hands appaum^ ; 7th, a fess between six fleurs-de-lis ;
Stb, a trellis and a canton ermine; 9th, a chevron between
three rabbits. (On opposite side) the arms of the College
and : "Aul : Pemb : Cant."
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71. Snuffers' Tray; silver, 17 15.
Pembroke Coll.
An oblong tray on four feet and with handles.
Marks: (in dish) T of 1714-5 ; Britannia; lion's head
erased ; A Ne (for Anthony Nelme. Cripps, under 1700).
Weight: 7*19 oz.
Dimensions : length, 7 ; width, 3^.
Inscription : Ex DONO Fl Fl / MuNDY DE / Markeaton /
IN AGRO / DeRBIENSI / ARMIGERI / FILII NATU MAXIMI /
AuL Pemb Commensalis.
Arms: (on dexter side of inscription) a shield of arms,
probably of donor : In chief three birds* claws. (On sinister
side) the arms of the College.
72. Cup and Cover; silver, 17 16.
Pembroke Coll.
A two-handled cup with plain mouldings round the
middle and round the rim of the cover ; on the top of the
cover is a dolphin.
Marks: V of 17 15-6; Britannia; lion's head erased;
[mark of David Willaume. Cripps, 1706].
Weight: 61*40 oz.
Dimensions: height of cup, 7|; height of cover, 4U;
diameter at lip, 6 ; diameter at foot, 4^.
Inscription : (on side of cup, in script) Ex DONO GuiLlELMI
GoDOLPHiN Armigeri, Aula Pembroc. / Commensalis,
FiLii Natu Maximi, Francisci Godolphin / Armigeri,
SiLUORUM INSULARUM PREFECTI, 1712.
Arms: (above inscription) a double-headed eagle dis-
played between three fleurs-de-lis. (On the other side) the
arms of the College, with " Pem. Hall/'
54 plate exhibition 1 895.
73. Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, c. 171 7.
Clare Coll.
Known as the " Tipping Cup.** A two-handled cup ; the
lower part of the bowl and the cover are ornamented with
stiff foliage in appliqu6 work ; the knop of the cover and the
foot are gadrooned.
Marks: none.
Weight: 39 oz.
Dimensions: total height, 8^; height of vessel, 5J; diame-
ter of bowl, 5 J ; diameter of foot, 3 J.
Inscription: (on bowl, in script) Ex DoNO Thomae
Tipping / Armig. 17 17.
Arms: (above the foregoing) on a bend engrailed three
pheons. Crest: a goat's head issuing out of a crown. (On
base) the College arms, and : COLL : CLARE / CANT :
74. Salt; silver, 1718. Gonvtlle and Cains Coll.
Small octagonal salt with oval depression. One of a set
of six.
Marks: B of 17 17-8; Britannia; lion's head erased; Bi,
in Gothic characters, with a trefoil above and a pellet below.
Weight: the weights of the six salts are inscribed on the
bottoms of the pieces. They vary from 3 oz. 14 dwt. to 3 oz.
17 dwt.
Dimensions : height, i inch ; length of top, 2^ ; length of
base, 2 J.
Inscription: (on one side) IN USUM CUSTODI COLL.
GONV. & Caius.
Arms: (on opposite side) these are presumably those of
the donor. They are much obliterated, but appear to consist
of impaled arms having in the dexter side a chevron charged
with a roundel, and on the sinister, a fess with other bearings
which are undecipherable.
There is a set of spoons, one of which is modern, belonging
to the salts ; they are not marked.
I. SECULAR. 55
75. Mug; silver, 1720. Pembroke ColL
Marks: D of 1719-20; Britannia; lion's head erased;
S L [for Gabriel Sleath].
Weight: 14 oz. (inscribed " 16 oz. : 13 dw.").
Dimensions : height, 4| ; diameter at lip, 3^ ; diameter at
foot, 3|.
Inscription: (in front) AUL : pemb : RI : VENABLES :
DEDIT. 16 oz. : 1 3 dw.
Arms: (above inscription) two shields, one charged with
the College arms ; the other : Barry of five.
76. Salt; silver, 1721. Pembroke ColL
Circular, without any ornament
Marks: E of 1 720-1 ; Britannia; Hon*s head erased; Fl
with crown over [for Wm Fleming. Cripps, 1715].
Weight: 2*6 oz.
Dimensions: height, \\\ diameter, 2|f.
Inscriptions: nearly obliterated (on one side) Ex DONO
lOHN GouGH. (Opposite) Pemb.
77. Cup; silver, 1722. Pembroke ColL
A two-handled cup of the Britannia standard after it had
ceased to be compulsory.
Marks: Fof 1721-2; lion's head erased; Britannia; FA
[for William Fawdery. Cripps].
Weight: 11-44 oz. (inscribed "pr. 23 : 15 ").
Dimensions: height, 3f ; diameter at lip, 4 J ; diameter at
base, 3§ ; depth of bowl, 2|.
Inscription: Ex DONG Tho: Chiffinch Filij unici
Tho : Chiffinch Armigeri de Northflret {sic^ in
Com : Cant : Aul : Pemb : Commensalis.
56 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
Arms: (on one side) the arms of the College and : AUL
PEMB. (On the other side) a shield bearing, or, in a chief
embattled three lions' heads affront^s.
Crest : a demi-dragon couple carrying a key.
78. Beaker; silver, 1723. Pembroke Coll.
A heavy cup, made of the Britannia standard two years
after it had ceased to be compulsory.
Marks: G of 1722-3; Britannia; lion's head erased;
[maker, Gabriel Sleath].
Weight: 18-57 oz.
Dimensions : height, S^ ; internal diameter at top, 3^ ;
ditto at bottom, 4.
Inscription: HOC & ALTERUM IDEM POCULUM DONO
DEDiT Joannes Thom's / de Tremaine in agro Cornu-
BIENSI ArMIGER / HUJUSCE COLLEGIJ COMENSALIS / ANNO
Dni (178s).
Arms: per pale nebul6, argent and azure. (On opposite
side) the arms of the College and : AUL : PEMB : Cant :
79. Punch Strainer; silver, 1727.
Pembroke ColL
Marks: L of 1726-7. London Assay Office. S.*L
[(.?) Sleath].
Weight: 4*15 oz.
Inscribed on handles, PEMB : AUL :
80. Sauce Boat ; silver, 1 729. St John's ColL
Marks: year letter of 1728-9; [maker, Gabriel Sleath].
London Assay.
Weight: (inscribed) 14 oz. 2 dwt.
Inscription: "The gift of John Searl, Fell.-Commr."
I. SECULAR. 57
81. Fork; silver, 1734. Jesus Coll.
Marks: S of 1733-4; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant. P H with acorn above (Paul Hanet See Cripps,
1725).
Weight: (inscribed 44 : 10; probably the weight of the
set).
Inscription: (round handle) Ex • DONO • JOHANNIS •
Merrill • Arm • Coll • Jesu • Cant • commensalis • AM •
1735.
Arms: (on back of handle) the arms of the College. (On
front) or a bend gules, in chief a cross crosslet.
82. Salt; silver, 1734. Trinity Coll.
" The four arms are common to salts of this period, and
were inserted for the purpose of supporting a napkin to
preserve the salt from dirt or from the possible introduction
of poison." (Cripps, Old English Plate.)
Marks: S of 1733-4. London Assay Office. F S.
Weight: 91 oz. i dwt. (College books); (inscribed under
92 o. 15 d.)
Dimensions: total height, 8|; height of vessel, 6f; total
diameter, g\ ; diameter of hollow, 5^ ; depth of hollow, 2 J.
Inscriptions : (on top)
Ex DONO JAC. DUPORT S. T. P.
IN usuM mensae Vice Magistri.
(Below) : c^erc ev eauroi^ a\a^
KCU €lprfV€V€T€ €V aWffXoi^.
Arms: (on left-hand side) the arms of the College. (On
right) the arms of the donor: Per chevron embattled, in
chief, a crescent and estoile, in base, a lion rampant. Above,
a crest.
58 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
83. Knife; silver handle, c 1735. Jesus ColL
Weight: inscribed *'44«io,'* probably referring to the set.
Length: total loj; length of handle, 3|.
Inscription: Ex • DONO . JOHANNIS • MERRILL • ARM •
COLL • Jesu • Cant • commensalis • & a • m • 1735.
Arms: (on handle) on one side the College arms ; on the
other those of the donor.
84. Muffineer; silver, 1727, J^^^ ColL
Marks: L of 1726-7 ; lion passant ; leopard's head crowned ;
T. B. in an ovaL (The lion and maker's mark are repeated
on the cap.)
Height: 8|.
Inscribed : COLL : JESU : CANTAB :
85. Muffineer; silver, 1737. Jesus ColL
Marks: A of 1736-7; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant.
Height: 8f.
Inscribed : COLL : JESU CANTAB :
86. Muffineer; silver, 1739. Jesus ColL
Marks: C of 1738-9; leopard's head crowned; lion passant;
WS. The lion and maker's mark are repeated on the
sprinkler.
Height: 6|.
Inscribed : COLL : JESU : CANTAB :
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87. Muffineer; silver, 1784. Jesus Coll.
Marks: (on foot) H of 1783-4; Hon passant; [leopard's
head crowned, nearly obliterated] ; T D in an oval. (The
lion passant and maker's mark are repeated on the cap.)
Height: 7f.
Inscription : (on bowl, in script) Dedit IN USUM Mensa
[SocioRUM?] / [Jacobus..?] Winstanley de [Brans-
ton?] / IN COMITATU LEICESTRIAE ARMIGER.
Arms: (on neck) the arms of the College with : COLL JESU
above and a shield bearing : Barry of four, on a chief three
crosses patt^. Crest: (over 2nd shield) obliterated.
The inscription has been partly obliterated.
88. Muffineer; silver, 1784. Jesus Coll.
Marks: as last piece.
Height: 6}.
Inscription and arms : as last piece.
89. Standing Cup and Cover; silver, 1740.
Clare ColL
Known as the " Ashbumham Cup.'* A two-handled cup
by Paul Lamerie. The handles formed of two female figures
of bold design. Inside of bowl gilt
Marks: D of 1739-40. London Assay Office. [Maker,
' Paul Lamerie].
Weight: 907502.
Dimensions: total height, 14^; height of vessel, 8J; depth
of bowl, 6 J ; diameter of bowl, 6f ; diameter of foot, Sf.
Inscription: (on bowl) THE GIFT OF JOHN Earl OF
Ashburnham to Clare Hall in Cambridge 1744.
Achievement of arms: (on bowl) gules a fess argent
between six mullets. Supporters: Two greyhounds collared.
Over the shield, an earl's coronet. (On the opposite side of
the bowl) the College Arms.
6o PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
90. Standing Cup and Cover; silver, 1746.
Clare Coll.
Two-handled cup with ornament of fruit and foliage.
Marks: K of 1745-6. London Assay Office. E G [for
El. Godfrey. Cripps].
Weight: 59-85 oz.
Dimensions: total height, I2|; height of vessel, 8 ; depth
of bowl, 6J ; diameter of bowl, 6J ; diameter of foot, 4f .
Inscription: (on cover, in Roman capitals) Ex dono
Tho. Pelham Arm. hujus Coll : commensalis.
Arms: (on bowl) the Collie Arms and the inscription,
Coll sive Aula de Clare. (On the side of bowl) Quarterly:
1st and 4th, arg. three pelicans vulning themselves; 2nd and
3rd, gules two buckles in pale. Motto: ViNCiT Amor
Patriae. (On the cover) : the Buckle of the Pelhams.
91. Salt; silver, 1752. Jesus Coll
Marks: Q of 1751-2; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant. Dh and above, a fleur-de-lis (.?).
Dimensions : height, 2 ; diameter of bowl, 2\ ; diameter of
base, 2\ ; depth of bowl, i.
Inscription, (round bowl and under base): COLL • Jesu •
Cant •
92. Jug; silver, 1755. Jesus Coll.
The body of the jug is covered with repouss^ foliage and
a leaf ornament surrounds the upper part of the foot
Marks: T of 1754-5; leopard's head crowned; lion passant
J R with a star above (as in Cripps, 1744).
Weight: 36*45 oz.
I. SECULAR. 6 1
Dimensions : height, i if ; diameter, 5 ; diameter of mouth,
3 J ; depth, 6.
Inscription: (below dexter shield) HenricUS Annesley
WooDHAM, A. B. / Bercestriensis Socio Commensalis /
1839. SOCIUS 1841. (Below sinister shield of arms) Henricus
HOTHAM SUFFOLCIENSIS / SOCIO COMMENSALIS / 184O.
Anns: (in front) the Arms of the College with: "Coll •
Jesu • Cantab." (On dexter side) gules a chevron ai^. between
\ three roses seeded. Crest: a stag's head erased between
two roses. (On sinister side) barry of ten arg. and az. in a
canton or a bird. Crest: a demi-man coupe naked, bearing
in his sinister hand a shield with a miniature representation
of the above arms and in his dexter a sword.
93. Fish Knife; silver, 1773. Trinity HalL
It has a pierced trowel-shaped blade with very delicate
scroll work. The handle is connected with the blade by a
dolphin ; it is twisted, and is partly ivory, partly silver.
Marks: (under blade) R of 1772-3; lion passant; leopard's
head crowned. W • P (for Wm. Plummer, entered, 1755.
Cripps).
Inscriptions: (under blade) the College arms, and " AUL
TRIN CANT."
94. Standing Cup and Cover; silver, 1777.
St Johns Coll.
The lower part of the bowl and the stem, base and cover
are ornamented with acanthus ; the upper part of the bowl
with festoons supported by two circular medallions containing
shields of arms ; the handles are formed of twisted serpents.
Marks: A of 1776-^; leopard's head croWned ; lion
J. W
passant; "^ ^ [for John Wakelin, Wilh'am Taylor].
62 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
Dimensions: total height, 15 ; height of cup, io| ; diameter
of cup, 6| ; diameter of foot, 4^ ; depth of cup, 7J.
Inscription : (below the arms of the College) DONO dedit
PETRUS BURRELL a. M. / A.D. 1777.
Arms: (on one medallion) the arms of the College. (On
the other) : Vert, three shields arg. a bordure engrailed.
96. . Tea Caddies ; silver, i 764. C/are Coll.
A set of three Tea Caddies in a shagreen case with silver
mounting.
Marks: h of 1763-4; lion passant; leopard's head crowned.
(Maker, Pierre Gillois. See Cripps, 1757.)
The marks are not repeated on the mountings of the case,
biit the maker s mark and lion passant appear on the lid.
Height: (i)4i. (2) Si- (3)5-
Weight : ( I ) 7-85 oz. (2) 9-5 5 oz. (3) 7-85 oz.
Inscriptions : AUL : Clar : Cant :
Dedit Johannes Hobart
Baronettus hujus
collegii nobilis 171o.
Arms: on one side the College arms. Opposite: On a
flanched shield, the flanches ermine, a star of six points;
above, the hand of Ulster.
96. Snuffers' Tray; silver, 1786.
Pembroke Coll
Marks: K of 1785-6; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; king's head ; R • H [for Robert Hennel].
Weight: 4*02 oz.
Dimensions: length, 8|; width, 3 J.
Inscription, (in script underneath) : AUL. Pemb.
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97. Salt Cellar; parcel-gilt, 1787.
Pembroke Coll.
A boat-shaped salt on a spreading foot.
Marks: L of 1786-7; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; king's head ; R • H in an oval [for Robert .Hennell.
Cripps].
Weight: yi2 oz.
Inscription: (round base, in script) Ex DONO Arthuri
Robinson Chauvel LLB Socio Commensalis 1788.
Arms: (on the bowl) the arms of the College and "AuL.
Pemb."
98. Sugar Castor, Cover and Sifter 5 silver,
1789. Jesus Coll.
Circular, on a square plinth.
Marks: (on plinth) I of 1784-5 ; leopard's head crowned ;
lion passant ; king's head ; IK. The lion passant and
maker's mark are repeated on the cover.
Dimensions : total height, 6| ; height of vessel, 4^ ; depth,
34 ; diameter, 3^.
Inscription : (in script on cover) COLL. JES. Cant.
Arms: on the bowl are the arms of the College.
Sifter.
Marks: N of 1788-9 ; sovereign's head ; W • S in an oval ;
[no leopard's head].
Letigth: 4 J.
Inscription : (in script) jES. COLL. Cant.
64 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
99. Salt; silver, 1791. J^^^^ (^oll
Marks: P of 1 790-1 ; leopard's head crowned ; lion pas-
sant ; sovereign's head ; A. P.
Dimensions : height (in middle), 2 ; at ends, 2f ; length of
bowl, 4| ; breadth of bowl, 2^ ; length of base, 2f ; breadth of
base, 1} ; depth of bowl, i.
Inscription: (on side in script) Ex DONO Thomae
TURTON / BERKERIENSIS / SOCIO COMKENSALIS. (On base)
Coll. Jes. Cant.
Arms: (opposite inscription) the arms of the Collie.
100, Snuffers' Tray; silver, 1793.
Pembroke Coll
Marks: (underneath) R of 1792-3; leopard's head |
crowned ; lion passant ; sovereign's head. H C.
Weight: 37 oz.
Dimensions : length, 9| ; width, 3^ ; height, \ to if.
Inscription: (underneath in script) Ex DONO Thomae
Alday Kerrison Armigeri Aul : Pemb : Cant : Soc :
COMMENS. 1792.
Arms: (in centre) a lion rampant impaled with the arms
of the CoU^fe.
101. Salt; silver, Clare Coll.
Marks : lion's head erased.
Dimensions: height 3|; diameter, exterior, 5^; interior, 3;
diameter of base, 5} ; depth of bowl, |.
Weight: 16*89 oz.
Inscriptions: Ex DONO Johanni Lind... 2410.
Arms: (i.) coat of arms obliterated. (2.) The College
arms, between : Aul. Clare.
1
I. SECULAR. 65
102. Tankard; silver. Queens Coll.
The lower part of the bowl and the lid are ornamented
ivith acanthus in appliqu6 work, and with gadrooning round
the foot and the rim of the lid.
Marks:
Weight: 3815.
Inscription: Ex DONO JACOBI FORTREY ARMIGERL
Arms: the arms of the College, with COLL. Regin. ; and
a shield bearing : Three boars' heads. Crests : two wings ;
and the arms of the College (third shield) as a crest.
103. Toaster; silver, 1701. Queens' Coll.
A silver rack hanging from the end of a long handle of
wood, and turning on a joint so that by turning the handle
either side of the bread may be exposed to the fire.
Marks: E of 1700-1 (very doubtful); Britannia; lion's
head erased ; A.Ne, the A and N in monogram [for Anthony
Nelme. Cripps.. . .].
Dimensions: total length, 43 J ; length of handle, 35.
Inscription : (on the rack, in script) Ex DONO JOHANNIS
Courtenay ffilij / Natu maximi Johannis* Courtenay
DE West Moland in Comitatu Devon / Armigeri.
104. Beaker; silver, 1718. Jesus Coll.
Marks: B of 17 17-8; lion's head erased; Britannia;
SL with a pellet above [for Gabriel Sleath. Cripps, 17 10].
Weight: I2'4 oz.
Dimensions : height, 4^ ; diameter of lip, 4 ; diameter of
foot, 3J.
Inscribed, coll jesu cant.
5
66 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
106. Monteith; silver, 1723. Clare Coll.
The bowl is plain with drop-handles hanging from human
heads. The rim is moveable and has ten escallops.
Marks: G of 1722-3; lion's head erased; Britannia;
A.Ne, the A and N in monogram [for Anthony Nelme.
Cripps....].
Weight: inscribed under foot " 1392".
Dimensions: total height, loj; height of bowl, 8|; depth
of bowl, 6J; diameter of rim, 14^ ; diameter of lip (outside), 13 ;
diameter of foot, 8|.
Inscription: (on bowl) Ded. PRAENOB. DOMIN. Geor.
Parker fil. unic. honoratis. Thom. comit. de Maccles-
field Magnae Britan. summi cancellaril (and on
opposite side of bowl) : COLLEGIUM SIVE DOMUS SIVE aula
DE Clare.
Arms: (on bowl) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, quarterly, first
and fourth gu. a chevron or between three leopards' heads ;
second and third, barry of five arg. and az., in chief two
mullets ; 2nd and 3rd sa., a bend arg. between three spear
heads. Motto : SAPERE AUDE. Above the shield a Viscount's
coronet. (On the opposite side of the bowl) the arms of the
College.
106. Snuffers and Tray; silver, 1725.
Clare Coll.
Marks: (on snuffers) H of 1723-4 ; lion passant ; leopard's
head crowned ; IG as a monogram in a heart-shaped sinking;
(on tray) I of 1724-5 ; other marks as on the snuffers.
Inscription: (on snuffers, in script) Ex DONO JACOBI
Darcy.
I. SECULAR. 67
Arms: (on snuflfers and tray) the arms of the College
with the words : AUL DE CLARE ; and the arms of the donor :
Quarterly, ist and 4th, crustily three roses; 2nd and 3rd, three
bars with three mullets. Motto: UNG DIEU ET UNG ROY.
107, Salt ; silver, i 732. Emmanuel Coll.
A trencher salt, of an irregular octagonal form, inscribed
) EM : COLL:
Marks: Q of 173 1-2; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant ; RW with a star below (as in Cripps, 1696).
Weight: 4*05 oz.
Dimensions: height, i\\ diameter of base, 2|f.
108. Beaker; silver, 1744. Magdalene Coll
A cylindrical beaker with a slightly expanded lip and a
broad band of stippling round the centre.
Marks: H of 1743-4; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant; TW in script in an oblong sinking [for Thomas
Whipham, entered 1739. Cripps, 1756].
Weight: 14' 14 oz.
Dimensions: height, 5 ; diameter of bowl, 3^ ; diameter of
lip, 3i
Inscriptions: (round lower part of bowl, in script) Ex
Dong Gulielmi Hide Hujus Collegij Commensalis.
(and in Roman) COLL : MAG : CAM :
109, Case of Knives and Forks; 1755.
Clare Coll.
A shagreen case containing a dozen knives and forks.
Given to the College by H. Townshend in 1755 and en-
graved with his arms, viz.: a chevron ermine between three
escallops.
5-2
68 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
110, Cream Jug; silver, 1761. Queens Coll.
The jug is helmet shaped ; the body and foot are orna-
mented with gadroons and the lip has a cable moulding with
foliage beneath.
Marks: E of 1 760-1 ; lion passant; leopard s head crowned ;
P.P with a star above (for P6z^ Pilleau. Cripps, 1745).
Weight: 19-4202.
Dimensions: height, to top of handle, 6J ; height of stem,
if ; diameter of foot, 4|.
Arms: the arms of the College (fourth shield), and: CoLL.
Regin.; below is a shield bearing: Quarterly, ist and 4th,
ai^. on a chief or, three martlets; 2nd and 3rd, gules a chevron
ermine between three pine-apples; with DW in script on
either side.
111. Salt ; silver, i 769. Emmanuel Coll
A boat-shaped salt on a foot.
Marks: N of 1768-9; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant.
Weight: 535 oz. (inscribed " S'li^'*).
Length: 4|.
Inscription : (in Roman capitals) Almo Collegio
A momanvelensi Martinus Folkes arm. Dono Dedit
MDCCLXIX.
Arms: on one side, the arms of the College; on the other,
Quarterly, ist and 4th, per pale... and gu., a fleur-de-lis;
2nd and 3rd, gu. a crescent, in chief a label of three points for
difference. Crest: an arm embowed, holding a spear orna-
mented with tassels. Motto: Servare MODUM.
I. SECULAR. 69
112. Bowl; silver, 1670. Magdalene ColL
A twohandled bowl with appliqu6 work of upright leaves,
the handles being surmounted by crowned heads of bold
design. On the cover stands the figure of a bird 3| high.
The great weight of this piece of plate, in proportion to its
size, is very remarkable.
Marks: M of 1669-70; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; TM above a coronet (as in Cripps, 1669).
Weight: bowl, 9635 oz.; cover, 33*75 oz.; total, 130*1 oz.
Dimensions: total height, 12J; height of bowl, 7f ; dia-
meter of bowl, g\ ; diameter of foot, 6J.
Inscription: (in script) Ex DONG NOBILISSIMI lACOBl
Bertie / Baronis Norreys de Rycot et filii Monta-
cuTii / nuper comitis de Lindsey Magni Camerarii
Angliae &c.
Arms: (on the bowl) Quarterly of twelve: 1st, three
battering rams ; 2nd, a fret; 3rd, a cross fleury; 4th, a cross
engrailed; 5th, in a chief three martlets; 6th, quarterly,
first and fourth [plain], second and third, a fret ; over all a
fess ; 7th, barry nebulee ; 8th, sem^e de lis a lion rampant,
9th, quarterly, first and fourth [plain], second and third, gu.
in dexter chief a mallet; loth, a lion rampant; nth, barry
und6e; 12th, two bars gemelles. Supporters: Dexter, a
palmer proper ; sinister, a salvage man, wreathed round his
head and loins. Crest: out of an Earl's coronet, a vizored
helm surmounted by a bearded and crowned head couped.
Motto : Virtus ariete fortior. (On the cover) the arms
of the College, with the inscription : Mag : COLL : CANT :
113. Urn; silver, 1778. St John's ColL
The lower part of the vessel and the top and foot are
ornamented with gadrooning ; the upper part of the vessel
with garlands and medallions containing mythological subjects.
The tap is in the form of a dolphin issuing from bulrushes.
70 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
The handles are each formed of two serpents entwined. The
cover is modem.
Marks: B of 1777-8 ; London assay ; WH.
Dimensions: total height, 21^; height of vessel, iSf;
depth of urn, pf ; diameter, 8.
Inscription: (on foot, in script) DONO DEDIT HONORAB.
lOHAN Stuart / comitis de Bute Filius natu max^
1795.
Arms: arms of the College, and a shield bearing: Or a
fess cheeky, aig. and az., a double tressure flory counterflory.
Above, a Viscount's coronet Supporters: Dexter, a horse
rampant, bridled; sinister, a stag rampant Motto: AviTO
viret honore.
114. Vase and Cover; silver, 1789.
Pembroke ColL
An urn-shaped vase with two handles.
Marks : (under foot) N of 1788-9 ; leopard's head crowned ;
lion passant ; king's head ; H C in an oblong sinking. (The
last three marks are repeated on the cover.)
Weight: 36*13 oz.
Dimettsions: total height, 14 J; diameter, 5 J.
Inscription: (on base) Thomas Coney, LLB. Aul:
Pem. Commen. Soc. D.D. 1789.
Artns: (on bowl) Quarterly, ist and 4th, sa, a fess cotised
between three conies ; 2nd and 3rd, gu. a bend between three
fleurs-de-lis. Crest: (on cover) a demi-coney couped, collared,
holding a flower.
115. Urn and Teapot with Stand; silver, 1794.
Queens Coll
Urn.
Marks: S of 1793-4; sovereign's head; leopard's head
crowned ; lion passant ; H C in an oval.
I. SECULAR. 7 1
Weight: 4395 oz.
Dimmsions: height, I3f ; depth, 6J.
Crest: (on bowl and lid) boar's head (the charges of the
third shield of the College used as a crest) with the inscription
•' Col. Regin."
Teapot.
Marks: as on urn. Weight: 21*9 oz.
Height: 6J. Crest: as on urn.
Stand.
Marks: as on urn. Weight: 573 oz.
Height: \, Crest: as on urn.
116. Tobacco Pipe; silver mountings, i8th cent.
Emmanuel ColL
The bowl and stem are of wood ornamented with silver
scrolls. There is a long silver mouth-piece, and a tobacco
stopper attached to the bowl by a chain. The pipe is said to
have belonged to Dr Parr.
Marks: none.
Lefigth: I3f.
117. Decanter Crook; silver mountings, i8th
CENT. Magdalene ColL
A crook formed of three chamois horns, mounted in metal
[? silver] and with a wooden handle. Used for pulling or
pushing a decanter at table.
Marks: none.
Total length: 35^.
72 plate exhibition 1 895.
118. Seal-headed Spoon; silver, 1547.
King's Coll.
Marks: I of 1546-7 [doubtful] ; lion passant ; [one mark
iUegible].
Length: 6f.
I • C
Inscription : COLL : REGAL. (On seal, stippled) ^^ .
119. Seal-headed Spoon; silver, 1590.
Trinity Hall.
Marks : (in bowl) leopard's head crowned ; (on stem) M
of 1589-90 ; lion passant ; a crescent and star in a circle (as
in Cripps, 1590).
Length: 6{.
Inscription: (on stem, stippled) Agnes • Byllyng • almes-
WOMAN.
120. Seal-headed Spoon ; parcel-gilt, early i 7th
CENT. Mr Munsey.
Marks: none.
Letigth: 6f.
W-P
Inscribed on seal (stippled): I • B.
1622
The handle is possibly modem.
121. Seal-headed Spoon; parcel-gilt, early 17th
CENT. Mr Munsey.
Marks: (in bowl) leopard's head crowned (?).
Length: 6J.
Inscribed on seal (in stippling): * ^.
SECULAR. 73
122. Spoon ; silver, i 707. Trinity Coll.
A rat-tail spoon; the stem, handle and rat's-tail are
engraved with heads, flowers and fruit (The handle has
perhaps been re-engraved.)
Marks: L of 1706-7 ; lion's head erased ; Britannia ; G L
with two pellets above and one below, in a shield.
Weight: i oz. 15 dwt. (College Plate-book).
Length: j\.
Inscription: (on handle) TRIN : / COLL : / BACC : / 1852.
123. Spoon ; silver, i 709. Clare Coll.
Marks: N of 1708-9 ; lion's head erased ; Britannia; M E
with two sickles above, and over these a sheaf of corn [as in
Cripps, 1 7 10].
Weight: (inscribed on stem, "7 : 12").
Length: 16^.
Iftscriptian : (in script) Ex DONO HONORABILIS dn'
Thomae Prendergast Bar : Aulae Clar : nobilis.
Arms: (on bowl, dexter) gu. a saltire vairy or and az., in
the fess point on a scutcheon of pretence the badge of Ulster.
Motto : VINCIT VERITAS. (Sinister) the arms of the College.
Crest: (on back of handle) a stag trippant
124. Spoon ; silver, i 709. Mr Munsey.
A rat-tail spoon.
Marks: N of 1708-9; London assay; GR with two
pellets above and crescent below, in a shaped shield.
Length: ^.
Inscribed on handle, l^ E.
74 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
126. Spoon; silver, 1711. Mr Munsey.
A rat-tail spoon.
Marks: P of 1710-1 ; London assay; DA, with two
pellets above and one below.
Length: I4|.
Monogram recently inscribed on handle, GB.
126* Spoon; silver, 1714. Mr Munsey.
A rat-tail spoon.
Marks: S of 17 13-4; London assay.
Length: 7f.
Crest on handle obliterated.
127. Spoon; silver, 1739 [?]. Trinity Hall.
A rat-tail spoon.
Marks: (on stem) C of 1738-9 (?) ; lion passant ; leopard's
head crowned ; [another mark illegible].
Length: 7}.
Inscription : (under handle) N^ : 7. : 2 : 2 ; and the College
Arms.
128. Spoon ; silver, i 760. Queens' ColL
Marks: D of 1759-60; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; I • T.
Weight: 2*14 oz.
Length : total, 8 ; of bowl, 3.
Inscription: (on back of bowl, under a fleur-de-lis) Ex
DONO / Georgii Birch / Armigeri / Socio / Commensa-
Lis / DE Harbourn / IN AGRO Staffordiensi ; and down
the handle : COLL. Regin. C ANTAB.
Crest: an eagle volant in a coronet
I. SECULAR. 75
1229. Spoon; silver, 1763. Queens Coll.
Marks: G of 1762-3; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; W • T in an engrailed border (as in Cripps, ....).
Weight: 3-25.
Length: io|.
Arms: (on back of handle) the arms of the Collie (third
. shield) with the date 1763 inscribed.
130. Cake-basket; silver, early i8th cent.
Pembroke Coll.
Open-work basket with drop-handles.
Marks: Britannia; crowned harp; I C with a star
between.
Weight: 42 oz.
Difnensions: length, 14; width, ii^; height, 3 J.
\
131. Coffee Pot; silver, 1704.
Lendery Anonymous.
The vessel is ornamented with scrolls, foliage and birds,
the ground being covered with coarse stippling. The spout
is in the. form of a dragon's head. The lid is domical with a
plain vase-shaped finial, its ornament is like that on the bowl,
but is inferior in character ; it is perhaps of later date ; it has
a thumb-piece ornamented with a scroll. The handle is of
later date and is decorated with foliage.
Marks: (on vessel) H of 1703-4; lion's head erased;
Britannia; [maker's mark illegible]. (On handle) lion
passant ; king's head ; [maker^s mark illegible, probably WB
or WH].
Weight: 3r4S oz. (scratched on the bottom, "28 : 08 : 00").
Difnensions: total height, 9J ; height of vessel, 7; diameter
at top, 3 ; diameter at bottom, 4f :
76 plate exhibition 1 895.
132. Cup and Cover; gold, 1773.
Peter/wuse,
A small cup on a high fluted stem. The bowl and cover
are ornamented with festoons of fruit ; the cover has a plain
knop.
Marks: R of 1772-3; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant ; I • Y (as in Cripps, 1775).
Weight: 18-65 oz.
Dimensions : total height, 1 1 ; height of vessel, 8^ ; depth
of bowl, 3 ; diameter of bowl, %\ ; diameter of foot, 3^.
Inscription :
Domo Petrensi carissimap
Alvmno ei a fidelissimo
Gvlielmo Browne, nync milite
Medentivm patie a piaeside
Sodilitate et ex Regia
Datur leve hooce mvnvscvlvm
Et, qvod apprime convenit
Medentis artem qui hie havserat,
Salvtis vt sit hoc pocvlvm.
Medentis est salvtem dare.
Lati ex Canarinis insvlis
Bibant meri qvantvm sviBcit
Magister et pares singvli.
Perenne sic sit coUegivm
Precante iambo et dactylo
TeXos oXciit ireXei irarra 7c
Comitiis A S MDCCI.XXIII
^tatis xixc
The following free rendering of this inscription is by
A. W. Verrall, LittD., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College.
To Peterhouse a faithful son
Approves his love by this guerd6n.
To 'William Browne,' whilome his name,
He added knighthood, style and fame
Of Royal Fellowship, and part
Of Father in the Healing Art ;
And (chiefly this doth now appear)
He drank the lore of healing kerf.
So gives this * health-cup/ with the will
Hereby to do his office still.
I. SECULAR. 77
Canary wine the potion be,
And quantum suff, the quantity;
Master and Brethren in rotation
Shall pledge the health of this foundation,
And say withal (to round the metre) .
'Long live the Ancient House of Peter.*
Arms: Two cross keys in saltire. Above the shield a sun
and a chalice, and between them the word HlNC. On a
riband below: Alm^B MATRIS NVTRIX PRIMA. On the
opposite side of bowl : a double-headed eagle displayed on a
helmet. On a riband below Principias OBSTA.
Sir William Browne was bom in 1692, educated at Peterhouse, President of
College of Physicians 1765, 1766, died 1774.
133. Cup and Cover; silver, 1775. Qtieens Coll.
' The cup has two handles ; the finial of the cover is in the
' form of a pine-apple.
Marks: S of 1774-5 ; leopard's head crowned; lion pas-
sant ; W • C.
Weight: 36* i oz.
Inscriptiofi : DONO DEDIT HONORABILLS CarOLUS Her-
VEY / HONORATISSIMI COMITIS DE BrLSTOL / FiLIUS NaTU
QUINTUS 1727.
Arms: (on side of cup) the arms of the College (fourth
shield) with : COLL. REGIN. CANTAB, (and opposite) Gu. on
a bend arg. three trefoils slipped. Motto: JE n'OUBLIERAY
JAMAIS. (On cover) the College arms (third shield) as a
crest ; (opposite) a leopard passant holding a trefoil slipped
in its dexter paw.
134. Fish Slice; silver, 1795. Queens Coll.
Marks: (on back of blade) year letter of 1794; London
assay ; M • P.
Weight: 729 oz.
Dimensions: total length, 11}; length of handle, Sf;
breadth of blade, 3.
Arms: the arms of the College (third shield) with the
inscription COL : RegIN.
78 PLATE EXHIBITION 1895.
136. Candlestick; silver, 1691. Pembroke ColL
The stem is in the form of a column with cabled flutes ;
the hand-guard is octagonal, as is also the foot, which is wide
spreading with invected and moulded ornament.
Marks: N of 1690-1 ; London assay ; T A with a fleur-
de-lis above and three pellets below, in a circle.
Weight: 14-95 oz.
Difnensians : height, 8J ; diameter of foot, 6f .
Arms: (on foot) A fess ermine between three crescents, a
roundel for difference. Crest: a cock, on an esquire's helmet.
136. Candlestick; silver, 17 17. Queens ColL
This is baluster shaped and has an octagonal foot and a
circular nozzle.
Marks: (under foot) A of 1 716-7, London assay; Gr
with crown above.
Weight: 13*33 oz.
Dimensions : height, 7| ; diameter of foot, 4|.
Arms: (on foot and nozzle) the arms of the College (third
shield) and Queen's Colledge ; opposite the College arms
is an oval medallion containing a monogram.
137. Candlestick; 17 18. Queens ColL
A copy on a smaller scale of No. 1 36.
Marks: B of 17 17-8; London assay; S L with pellet
below (for Sleath. Cripps, 17 10).
Weight: 306 oz.
Dimensions : height, 4^ ; diameter of foot, 3.
Crest : (on foot) the College arms (third shield) used as a
crest.
\
I. SECULAR. 79
138. Taper Candlestick ; silver, 1729.
5/ Johfis Coll.
Marks: N of 1728-9 ; London assay ; M & C.
Height: 4^.
Inscription: COLL : DIVI : JOH : CANT.
139. Candlestick; silver, 1734. St Johns ColL
This is in form a Corinthian cohimn with spiral festoons
of oak round it ; the base is square in plan.
Marks: The Newcastle N of 1733-4; [one mark oblite-
rated, probably that of the Newcastle assay] ; lion passant ;
I. .C.
Weight: (inscribed) " 10 • 8/'
Height: loj.
Inscription: Ex DONO Thomae Christmas Arm •
Coll • Div • Johan • Soc • Com • 1775 •
140. Candlestick; silver, 1760. Clare Coll.
A small Taper-candlestick.
Marks: E of 1760. London assay. W. C. in Gothic
characters with pellet over [for Wm. Cafe, entered 1757.
Cripps, 1759].
Height: Sf. Base, 3f
Weight: 5770Z.
Inscriptions: (on socket) AUL • Clar ; (under rim) AuL •
Clar.
8o PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
141. Candlestick; silver, 1762. Trinity Hall,
Square base and rim.
Marks: F of 1761-2 ; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; I H with a star between [or H • I] ; (lion passant
and maker's mark are repeated near the top).
Weight: 21*4 oz.
Height: loj.
142. Candlestick; silver, 1763. St Johns Coll
This candlestick is in the form of an Egyptian column ;
the base is square in plan and is ornamented with marks.
Marks: E of 1762-3 ; lion passant ; [one mark illegible];
I C [for John Carter or Isaac CoUard. Cripps].
Weight: (inscribed) " 14*0."
Height: I2f.
Inscriptions: (on base, in script) E • DONO JOANNIS
Payne Arm. (On the other side) Coll • Div • Joan • So-
cio • COMMENSALIS • 1 774 •
Crest: (on base) lion passant holding a dart.
143. Taper Candlestick ; silver, 1764.
St John's Coll
The stem is baluster shaped ; the base and rim are square
in plan.
Marks: (on base) H of 1763-4; Hon passant; leopard's
head crowned ; W C in Gothic characters with a pellet above
[for William Cafe. Cripps].
Weight: (inscribed) "6 • 18.''
Height: 6^.
Inscribed on base : "COLL. DiV. JOH. CANT."
I. SECULAR. 8 1
144. Candlestick; silveh, 1774. Clare Coll.
A fluted Corinthian column ; the lower part has spiral
flutings ; the base is square.
Marks: S of 1773-4; leopard's head crowned; lion pas-
sant ; I C in a cartouche with the corners cut off.
Weight: 24*65 oz.
Inscription: (on base) Ex DONO HONORATISSIMI Dmi
CAROLI BaRONIS CORNWALLIS 1 723.
Arms: (on base, over the foregoing inscription) sable
goutt^e on a fess three birds. Above the shield a Baron's
coronet. Supporters: Two stags attired, and gorged with a
wreath ; over the shield a baronial coronet. Motto : VlRTUS
VINCIT invidiam; (on the other side of the base) the
College arms, and the inscription AuL. DE Clare Cant.
145. Candlestick; silver, 1770. Queens Coll.
Marks: O of 1769-70; leopard's head crowned ; lion pas-
. LC
sant;^^.
Weight : 24*9 oz.
Dimensions: height, io|; diameter of foot, 5f.
Inscription: (round base) Ex DONO JOHANNIS Darell
Arm: Soc: Com: mdcclxxl
Arms: (on foot) the arms of the College (fourth shield)
with COLL. REGIN. Also a shield bearing : Az., a crowned
Hon rampant, in the dexter chief a crescent. Crest : out of a
ducal coronet a man's head proper issuant wreathed.
146. Candlestick; silver, 1778.
Si Catharines Coll.
The stem is ornamented with classical portraits in profile ;
the base with cherubs' heads.
6
82 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
Marks: B of 1777-8; Hon passant; leopard's head
crowned ; E F in script, with a pellet above [for Edward
Feline. Cripps].
Weight: 2675 oz. Height: 9J.
Inscription : (in script) E DONO FrancisCI Whichcote
SOCIO-COMMENSALIS, FILII NATU MINORIS DOMINI FRAN-
CISCI Whichcote Baronetti, de Aswarbij in Com :
Lincoln.
Arms: Arms of the College with the inscription AUL:
Cath. and a shield bearing : Ermine two hogs in pale, with
the date 1764.
147. Candlestick ; silver, i 780. St Johns ColL
In the Adams style. A square stem tapering downwards ;
the socket vase shaped.
Marks: Sheffield A of 1779-80; lion passant; crown;
I S in an irregular cartouche.
Height: 12.
Inscription: DoNo DEDiT Henricus Arthur Herbert
HiBERNICUS / SOC : COM : COLL. DiV. JOH : / CaNTAB. 1778.
Arms: on one side, the arms of the College;* on the
other side, a shield bearing : Per pale az. and gu., three lions.
148. Candlestick; silver, 1780. Jesus ColL
This candlestick is square in plan, with a round socket ;
the stem tapers downwards.
MF
Marks: A of 1779-80 ; crown ; lion passant ; 1^ p •
Dimensions: height, 12 ; diameter of base, 5.
Inscriptions: (on base, in script) D. D. Felix Vaughan.
SOCIO coMMENSALis ; and Coll • Jesu • Cant.
Arms: (on base) sable a chevron or between three heads ;
and the arms of the College.
I. SECULAR. 83
.149. Candlestick; silver, 1782. St John's ColL
The stem is fluted and tapers downwards. The socket is
vase shaped.
Marks: D of 1781-2; lion passant; crown ; TW (nearly
illegible).
Height: 11^.
Inscription : COLL : Div : JOHAN. Cant. D.D. Egerton
Leigh 1728.
150. Candlestick; silver, 1787. St John's Coll.
The stem is fluted and tapers downwards ; the base has
spiral flutings.
Marks: (on base) K of 1786-7; crown; lion passant;
sovereign's head ; I • P & Co.
Weight: inscribed "9^ 15**^*."
Height: loj.
Inscription : COLL : Divi : JOHAN : Cant : DONO : DEDIT :
Petrus Ashton Hanmond Surriensis a. b. 1786.
151. Candlestick; silver, 1787. Queens Coll.
Marks: K of \y%6-y \ lion passant; crown; sovereign's
head ; I P & Co.
Dimensions : height, iif ; diameter of foot, 5|.
Inscription : Georgius Pelhill de Agro CantIana /
Arm : Soc^ Dedit 1787.
Arms: Quarterly, i^t, on a bend gu. three cross crosslets ;
2nd, an eagle displayed; 3rd, az., a fess or between three
garbs ; 4th, gu., six cross crosslets fitch^e ; in chief a crescent
for difference. (Opposite) the arms of the College (third
shield), with the inscription COLL : Regin : Can tab :
6—2
84 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
152. Candlestick; silver, 1796. Queens Coll,
Marks: (on base and cup) S of 1793-4; Hon passant;
leopard's head crowned; I • S [for John Schofield, entered
1778. Cripps, 1780].
Weight: 20*39 oz.
Dimensions: height, iif; diameter of foot, Sf.
Arms: the arms of the College (third shield); and: COLL
Regin.
153. Coffee Pot; silver, 1763.
Mr J. E. L. Whitehead.
Marks: G of 1762-3; London assay; T«W. with a C
above and a W below in a circle [for Whipham and Wright].
Weight: 200Z. 6dwt. Total height : loj.
Inscription : The gift of Thomas Halsted, Esq., Mayor in
1767. Elected Alderman 1765. Resigned 1775.
Arms: the arms of the Town, and a shield bearing: Gu.
an eagle displayed, a chief chequ6 or and az. Crest: out of
a mural crown an eagle displayed issuant.
Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge.
154. Tankard; silver, 1763.
Mr H. /. Whitehead.
Marks: G of 1762-3; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant ; maker's mark the same as on the coffee-pot,
No. 153.
Weight : (inscribed " 65 oz/').
Dimensions: total height, io|; height of vessel, 7f.
Inscriptions: (i) CORPORATION OF Cambridge. (2) The
Gift of Jam : Harrimore, John York, Tho : Wilson, Phil :
Havers, Jam : Burleigh, John : Newling, John : Pxirchas,
Jam : Gifford, & Marmaduke Whittred. (3) To the Use of
the Common Council (4) King Whittred Mayor 1763.
Scratched on the bottom is, "engrav'd by W. Stephens
1763"
Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge.
i. secular. 85
155. Stoup; silver, 1763.
Mr J. E. L. Whitehead.
Makers mark : J • S [for John Smith].
Weight: 10*83 oz. (inscribed " 10 : 19").
Inscription : The gift of / John Purchas Alderm" / Sept.
29, 1759. And: CORPORATION Of Cambridge.
Arms: the arms of the Town, and those of the Donor,
viz. : Or a lion rampant, debruised by a fess sa. bearing three
bezants or.
Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge.
156. Two Spoons; silver, 1764. Mr Hattersley.
Marks: H of 1763-4; leopard's head crowned; lion
passant ; W • C with a T above (as in Cripps, 1763).
Weight: 248 oz. Length: 8f.
Inscription: (on stem, in script) The Gift OF JOHN
Newling Alderm". Jan. ii. 1763. On the handle: the
Town Crest; and in a late style the initial H.
Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge.
157. Four Salt Cellars ; two silver, two parcel-
gilt, 1765. Mr J. E. L. Whitehead.
Marks: I of 1764-5; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned; H A [for David and Robert Hennett, entered
1763. Cripps].
Weights : from 344 oz. to 3*88 oz.
Inscriptions: (on No. 3) Ald** James Buleigh to the
Corporation of Cambridge June 1764. (On No. 4) The
Gift of W" Mott, Jun«, Common Councilman to the
Corporation of Cambridge June 1764.
Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge.
86 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
158. Beaker; silver, 1763. Alderman Cockerel/.
Marks: G of 1762-3; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned ; J S in an oval sinking, as in Cripps, 1756 [for John
Swift, entered 1739].
Height: 3|.
Inscriptions: THE Gift OF W^ NORFOLK ALDERMAN /
Aug. 16. 1759. And : Corporation of Cambridge.
Arms: the arms of the Town, and a shield bearing: Gu.
a fess between two chevrons; impaling, quarterly, ist and
4th, arg., 2nd and 3rd, gu., a trellis, over all a bend sa.,
charged with three escallops.
On the bottom is scratched, "The cup & all the stoups
were graved by W. Stephens Cambridge 1762/*
Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge.
159. Stoup; silver, 1763.
The Rev. S. A. Thompson-Yates.
Marks: G of 1762-3; lion passant; leopard's head
crowned; J*S- as on the beaker No. 158.
Height: 5. Weight: 972 oz.
Inscriptions : The gift OF / WlLL^ Weales Alderm^,
Jan. 22. 1792. And : Corporation of Cambridge.
Arms: the arms of the Town, and a shield bearing: Or
a wivern rampant.
160. Salt; silver. Mr W. M. Fawcett.
Given to the Corporation of Cambridge by Alderman
James Burleigh in 1764.
Weight: 3-8802.
Dimensions: diameter of bowl, 3^; diameter of foot, 2f ;
height, 2\\ depth of bowl, \\,
161. Salt ; silver. Mr W. M. Fawcett.
Given to the Corporation of Cambridge by Wm. Mott,
Junior, Common Councilman. Similar to No. 160.
Weight: 4* 14 oz.
II.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
A. COLLEGIATE.
162. Chalice and Cover ; silver-gilt, middle of
1 6th CENT. Gonville and Cains Coll.
Chalice.
A large and richly-decorated chalice. The bowl is
decorated with arabesques and stands on a baluster stem,
from the top of which spring three double volutes. The base
is massive and is ornamented similarly to the bowL The
cover is domical and is surmounted by a human figure
standing on a pedestal.
Marks: none.
Weight: cup, 29 oz.; cover, 11 oz. 2dwt; total, 40 oz.
2 dwt. (inscribed, "40").
Dimensions: total height, I5f; height of cover, io|;
depth of bowl, 4^ ; diameter of bowl, Sf .
Presented to the College by Archbishop Parker.
163. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver-gilt,
1567-8. Christ's Coll.
Marks: K of 1567-8 ; London assay; T B in monogram.
Dimensions : Chalice : — ^total height, 9| ; depth of bowl, 5 ;
diameter of bowl, 4^. Paten :^-diameter, 4|; height, i};
depth, of depression, -^
88 plate exhibition 1 895.
164. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver-gilt, 1569.
Trinity Hall.
Marks: L of 1568-9; London assay; (maker) a hand
holding a branch with flowers and leaves.
Dimensions: height, including Paten, io|.
Weights: Chalice, 15*1 oz. ; Paten, 4*88 oz.
165. Flagon ; silver-gilt, i 5 7 i .
Gonville and Caius Coll.
Tankard shaped with concave sides, ornamented with
arabesques.
Marks: year letter of 1570-1; London assay; FR in
monogram (as in Cripps)..
Weight: 15 oz. 14 dwt.
Dimensions: total height, 6f ; height of vessel, 5|; depth
of bowl, 4| ; diameter at lip (inside), 2\ ; diameter of foot
(outside), 4j.
Inscription : (under foot, stippled) + MATTH^EVS : AR-
CHIEPS : CANTVAR : DEBIT : COLLE*' : GVNWELLI : ET :
CAII : CANTAB : 1° : IAN : A^ : D' : 1571. Also: VNCIS :
15 : 3 «.
Arms: those of Archbishop Parker.
Given to the College by Archbishop Parker.
166. Alms-dish ; PARCEL-GILT, 1 573. Jesus Coll.
A very pretty dish, no doubt originally intended for
secular use. In the centre a female bust, to the right,
crowned with laurel, in repouss6, surrounded with arabesques.
The dish evidently had a foot or stem, for there is a socket
below to receive it This piece was till recently used in a
country church. The inscription identifying it with Jesus
II. ECCLESIASTICAL. 89
College (though possibly Jesus College, Oxford) was on it
when it was bought by its present possessors.
Marks: year letter of 1572-3; London assay; H S
in a shield.
Weight: 6*59 oz.
Inscription : (in Italian script) COLL : JESU * Ad COLLI-
GENDUM Eleemosynas.
167. Chalice and Cover; silver, 1587.
Magdalene Coll.
The bowl is ornamented with arabesques, and stands on a
baluster stem. The cover has, as a finial, a statuette of an
armed soldier with a shield and spear, on a- vase-shaped
pedestal.
Marks: I of 1586-7; London assay; [the maker's mark
is illegible].
Weight: chalice, 18*58 oz. ; cover, 9*93 oz. ; total, 28*51 oz.
Dimensions: total height, I5f ; height of chalice, 6^;
depth of bowl, 4^ ; diameter of bowl, 5J.
168. Flagon; silver-gilt, 1598. Christ's Coll.
A tankard-shaped vessel with a domical lid, on the top of
which is a griffin's head.
Marks: V of 1597-8; London assay; J H, below which
is a bear passant (as in Cripps, 1 597).
Dimensions: total height, 10; depth of bowl, 6^; diame-
ter of bowl, 3f ; diameter of foot, 5.
Inscription: (in Roman capitals) HENRY lAMES Sydney
Mountagu.
Arms: arg. three diamonds in fess. Crest: a griffin's
head.
90 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
169, Flagon ; silver-gilt, 1608. Trinity ColL
Marks: year letter of 1607-8; London assay; R-W
with a pellet below.
Weight: 625 5 oz.
Dimensiofis : height, 14^ ; depth of bowl, 7f .
Inscriptions: Ex DONO PRAENOBILIS DOMINI JOHANNIS
Stuart Fratris Illustris : / Domini Jacobi Ducis
LAVINIAE NATU QUARTI 1636. Also: COLLEGI Sanctae
Trinitatis Cantebrig:
Arms: Quarterly, ist and 4th, three fleurs-de-lis within a
bordure, on which are ten bezants; 2nd and 3rd, a fess
cheeky within a bordure engrailed ; an inescochon or, sem^e
of cinquefoils.
170. Flagon ; silver-gilt, 1609.
Gonville and Caius Coll.
The vessel is richly decorated with repouss^ work and
shields of arms ; the base is high and ornamented with
repouss^ work and enriched mouldings ; the cover is domical
and has a finial.
Marks: L of 1608-9; London assay; I M with some
other mark below, in a shield.
Weight: 27 oz. 2 dwt.
Dimefisions : total height, 9| ; depth of bowl, 6f ; diameter
of lip, 3|.
Arms: central shield plain; on one side a shield bearing:
Quarterly, ist and 4th, on a bend, three lions passant guardant ;
2nd and 3rd, two bends ragul^e; with the inscription, RICHARD
Brantiiwayte. On the other side, a shield bearing:
Quarterly of eight, ist, in a bordure, on a chevron, between
three voided mullets, a crescent; 2nd, a cross cantoned by four
birds ; 3rd, two swords in saltire cantoned by 4 fleurs-de-lis ;
4th, ermine, on a chevron 3 estoiles ; Sth, a chevron ragul6e
II. ECCLESIASTICAL. 9 1
between 3 pegtops ; 6th, 3 lions rampant ; 7th, between 3
crescents a ram's head caboshed ; 8th, between 3 fleurs-de-lis
a crescent. Below, on a ribbon : WILLIAM WEBB.
171. Candlestick ; silver-gilt, i66i.
Pembroke Coll.
Marks: (in saucer and under foot) C of 1660- 1 ; leopard's
head crowned ; lion passant ; (maker's mark ill^ible).
Weight: 68* i oz. (inscribed under foot, "31 • 2 • 12"; under
saucer, ** 14 • 13 • 12 " ; on stem, '* 23 • 3 • 12 " ; making total,
68 • 19 • 12).
Dimensions: total height, 2if ; height to saucer, 17^;
diameter of base, loj.
172. Alms-dish ; silver-gilt, 1669. Kings Coll.
The centre of the dish is occupied by a representation of
the Last Supper, repouss6 in high relief, surrounded by a
wreath. On the rim are four cartouches in bold scroll work
with leaves and grotesque heads. The cartouches contain
I. the Royal Arms, crowned, and surrounded by the garter,
between the letters C R ; 2. (to dexter of No. i) the arms of
the College ; 3. (to sinister) the arms of [the donor ?] viz.
in a bordure, a fess dancett^e between three martlets; 4.
(opposite No. i) the following inscription, (in script): Dedit
Thomas Page Socius 1668.
Marks : L of 1668-9 ; London assay ; I • B with a crescent
and two pellets below, in a shield (as in Cripps, 1669).
Dimensions: diameter, 24; width of rim, 4^; height, if.
173. Alms-dish; silver, 17th cent. King's Coll.
A dish of filagree-work, on a foot
Iftscription and arms: (on rim of foot) arms of [donor?]
and: THOMAS PAGE SOCivs DEDIT An* Dom 1 673. The
arms of the College, and : COLL REGAL.
92 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
174. Candlestick; silver, early i8th cent.
Trinity Hall.
One of a pair of hexagonal candlesticks, of bold baluster
form, with deep socket and wide spreading base.
Weigki: 25-45 ^^
These candlesticks were given to the College by a member
of the Llo>'d family, probably by Sir Nathaniel Lloyd, Master
of the College 1710-1735.
On the base are the following arms: Quarterly, ist and
4th, per fess arg. and gu. a lion rampant counterchanged ; 2nd
and 3rd, a chevron between three pheons, two and one, the
two upper horizontal with points inwards, the lower vertical
with point upwards. On the opposite side of the base a crest :
a demi>lion rampant issuant from an Earl's coronet. Inscrip-
tion below coat of arms : " D* RICH : Lloyd Pater." The
companion piece is inscribed : " D* Elis : Lloyd Mater."
175. Candlesticks; silver, 1749. St Johns ColL
Marks: N of 1748-9; leopards head crowned; lion
passant ; E G with a pellet above and below in lozenge [for
Elizabeth Godfray].
Height: i6|.
176. Mitre; silver-gilt, c. 1660. Pembroke ColL
Round the edge are a series of holes for attaching the cap,
which is of crimson satin, lined with white silk on a foundation
of coarse canvas. The fanons are edged with gold lace and
fringed.
Weight: 38 oz. Dimetisiotis : height, ii|; diameter, 7|.
This mitre and the crozier,No. 177, were used by Matthew
Wren, Bishop of Ely 1638 — 67, formerly Master of Peterhouse.
He was educated at Pembroke College. He died 1667, and
was buried in Pembroke College Chapel, which had been
built by his nephew. Sir Christopher Wren.
II. ECCLESIASTICAL. 93
177. Crozier ; PARCEL-GILT. Pembroke Coll.
The head is formed of rococo foliage and is silver-gilt ;
the staff, which is in two separate pieces, is of silver and has
an iron spike at the foot.
Dimensions : total length, 5 ft. loj in. ; length of head,
6| ; diameter of staff, ^.
B. PAROCHIAL AND MONASTIC
178. Chalice; silver, 1569.
St Edward's Church, Cambridge.
Inscriptions: (on bowl) S^ EDWARDS PARISH /CAMBRIDGE;
and or- •
SE
Marks: (on lip) year letter of 1568-9; London assay;
[maker's mark undecipherable].
Dimensions : height, 8j ; depth of bowl, 5 ; diameter of
bowl, 3|.
179. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver-gilt,
1569. Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge.
Chalice.
Inscriptions: (round bowl in Roman capitals) THIS CVP
IS FOR TRINITE PARYS IN CAMBRYDG • 1569. (Underfoot)
REPAIR'D A.D. 1827 WILLIAM COE • CHARLES CLAYDON,
CHURCHWARDENS.
Marks: none.
Dimensions: height, 7; depth of bowl, 3f; diameter of
bowl, 4^ ; diameter of foot, 4.
Weight :
94 plate exhibition 1 895.
Paten.
Inscription: on foot 1569.
Marks: none.
Dimensions: height, if; depth in centre, jj; diameter, 4f.
Weight:
180. Chalice and Cover Paten; silver, 1569.
Great St Andrew's Church, Cambridge.
Chalice.
A band of Elizabethan arabesque runs round the centre
of the bowl.
Inscription: (round bottom of bowl) this ♦ FOR * sent *
TANDROS ♦ PARES » IN * KAMBREGE *
Mark : IV over a heart in a shield.
Weight: 8oz. I4dwt.
Dimensions: total weight, 6|; depth of bowl, 3f ; diameter
of bowl, 4^.
Paten.
A cover paten on a foot, circular depression. On a panel
on the foot is inscribed the date 1569.
Marks: none.
Weight: 3 oz. 5 dwt.
Dimensions: diameter, 4f ; width of rim, -^; diameter of
foot, i}; height, ij; depth of depression, f.
181. Chalice and Cover Paten; silver, early
17th CENT. St Benedict's Church, Cambridge.
Chalice.
Two bands of strap ornament surround the bowl, and one
band of similar work covers the base.
Inscription : (under the foot) * BENET * PARRYSH.
11. ECCLESIASTICAL. 95
Marks: none.
Weight: 8oz. isdwt.
Dimensions : height, 6f ; depth of bowl, 3| ; diameter of
bowl, 3i.
Paten.
Similar ornament on outer surface to that on Chalice ;
inscribed on the foot with B P.
Marks : (on rim) obliterated.
Weight: 2 oz. 6 dwt.
Dimensions : height, i ; depth of depression, -f^ ; diameter,
4i.
182. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver-gilt,
1623. Holy Trinity Churchy Cambridge.
Chalice.
Inscriptions : (on bowl, in Roman capitals) THE GIFT OF
WILLIAM ROWLAND TO TRINITIE CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE :
ANO : D :: 1622 : (Under foot) REPAIRED A.D. 1827 WILLIAM
COE CHARLES CLAVDON CHURCHWARDENS. And (stippled)
23•8q^
Marks: year letter of 1622-1 \ London Assay; T F in
^ a shield.
Weight:
Dimensions : height, 9| ; depth of bowl, 4| ; diameter of
bowl, 3| ; diameter of foot, 4.
Paten.
Marks : as on Chalice.
Weight:
Dimensions : height, fj ; diameter, 4|.
96 plate exhibition 1 895.
183. Chalice; silver, 1623.
Si Gi/es* Church, Cambridge.
Inscriptioft: (under base) FOR THE PARRYSHE ;n 1622
CAMBR + H • T MINISTER + IS -h T P + CHURCH W +
Marks: E of 1622-3; Hon passant; leopard's head
crowned ; R B in a shield.
Weight: 17-4002.
Dimensions : height, 9 ; depth of bowl, 5 ; diameter of
bowl, 4j.
184. Chalice; silver, 1628.
St Edwards Church, Cambridge.
Inscriptions: (on bowl) S.EDWARDS PARISH / CAMBRIDGE;
and 5^£.
Marks: year letter of 1627-8; London Assay; WS in
an oval.
Dimensions: height, 8|; depth of bowl, 4|; diameter of
bowl, 4.
185. Chalice and Cover Paten; silver, 1630.
St Benedict's Church, Cambridge.
Chalice.
Inscription: (under foot) Geuen TO S' BENETS ONE
Gilt Comunion Cup with a Couer by Mrs Smith.
1629.
Marks: year letter of 1629-30; London Assay; R A
with fleur-de-lis under, in a shield.
Weight: 13 oz.
Dimensions : height, 8^ ; depth of bowl, 4| ; diameter of
bowl, 3j.
^
ii. ecclesiastical. 97
Paten.
Inscribed on foot, in stippled letters, B P.
Marks : same as on Chalice.
WeigAt: 4 oz. 3 dwt.
Dimensions: diameter, 5^; height, ij; depth of depres-
sion, i^.
186. Alms-dish ; silver, 1632.
Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge.
The depression is cinquefoil, with plain raised boss in
centre; the rim is ornamented with five cherubs' heads
repouss6, the wing feathers formed into volutes; engraved
volutes at cusps of depression.
Marks: year letter of 1631-2; London Assay; G B in
a shield.
Weight :
Dimensions : height, 2 ; depth of depression in centre, ^ ;
diameter, 9J.
187. Paten ; silver, 1650.
St Edward's Church, Cambridge.
Inscription: S"^ : Edw^^ : Camb : and the weight, *'6 : 10."
Marks: year letter of 1649-50; London Assay ; S P in an
oval.
Dimensions : height, 2\ ; diameter, 6f .
188. Flagon ; silver, 1660.
St Benedict's Church, Cambridge.
Inscription : (on bowl, in script) This flaggon bought
AT the Charge of the Parishoners of S^ Bennets
in Cambridge / 1658.
Marks: (on rim and lid) year letter of 1659-60; London
Assay ; XX (as in Cripps, 1665 or 1672).
Weight: 34 oz. 10 dwt.
Dimensions : total height, 9^ ; depth of bowl, ^\ ; diameter
of bowl, 3| ; diameter of foot, 6.
7
98 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
189. Chalice; silver, 1705.
5/ Edwards Church, Cambridge.
Tnscriptians: (round bowl) " GIVEN FOR Y" USE OF Y*^ SiCK
COMUNICANTS OF S^ EDWARDS PARISH IN CAMBRIDGE /
BY Mrs Dor : Roderick." (Under foot) "ad- 1734.'*
Arms: (on bowl) a lion passant gardant, impaling a
chevron ermine between three bulls' heads caboshed.
Marks: (on lip) year letter of 1704-5; London Assay;
[maker s mark undecipherable].
Dimensions: height, 3J; depth of bowl, 2|; diameter of
bowl, 2}.
190. Flagon; silver, 1711.
St Edward's Church, Cambridge.
Inscription: (round vessel) "Deo ET EcCLESliE S"^'
Edwardi Cantabrigi^ Jacobus Johnson LLD / Vica-
Rius IN Spiritualibus Generalis Reverendi Patris
Episcopi / Eliensis hanc Lagenam sacrvm esse voluit
Decembris • 25 • 1711 • "; and the sacred monogram.
Marks: year letter of 171 1; London Assay; SL with a
pellet below in a shield ; [for Sleath].
Dimensions: height, iif ; diameter at top, 4.
191. Alms-dish; silver, 1711.
St Edwards Church, Cambridge.
Inscriptions: (round rim) S^ Edwards Parish in
Cambridge, 17 ii. (In centre) the sacred monogram.
Marks: year letter of 171 1 ; London Assay;. SL with a
pellet below, in a shield.
Dimensions : height, | ; diameter, 8J.
II. ECCLESIASTICAL. 99
192. Incense Ship; silver-gilt, late 15th cent.
The Earl of Carysfort.
This is a boat-shaped covered vessel on a hexagonal stem
and foot. Round the rim is a moulding, surmounted by a
battlement and enriched with a small stamped ornament
consisting of five pellets. Four ribs connect the rim with the
foot and a rib crosses the cover from side to side ; these ribs
have similar mouldings to the rim. At each end of the
vessel is a ram's head, as a rebus on Ramsey ; a horn has
been broken off one head. Half the cover is made to open
on a hinge. In the centre of each portion of the cover is
engraved a seeded double Tudor rose ; in the centre of that
on the lid is fixed a small hexagonal knob as a handle.
Marks: none.
Weight:
Dimensions: length, \\\\ width, ; height, ; height
of stem, If; depth of bowl, i.
The rams* heads at each end of the boat are supposed to
identify the vessel with Ramsey Abbey, and the Tudor roses
on the cover, to fix its earliest date as i486. It was found
with the thurible (No. 193) in Whittlesea Mere in 1850.
Figured in the Reliquary ^ Vol. 5. N. S. (1891).
193. Thurible; silver-gilt, c. 1375.
The Earl of Carysfort.
I A censer with a circular shallow bowl on a circular foot,
and with a cover of architectural character.
! The bowl is plain, with a moulding round the rim con-
taining a minute enrichment. The lower rim of the foot is
I pierced with quatrefoils.
The standing rim of the cover is battlemented and pierced
with trefoils. The pierced part of the cover is in the form of
lOO PLATE EXHIBITION 1 89 5.
the louvre on the roof of a hall. It is hexagonal in plan and
consists of two vertical stages and a spire. At each angle of
the lower stage is a pair of buttresses surmounted by a
pinnacle. The alternate sides are pierced with windows of
four lights with flowing tracery in two orders, and terminate
in crocketed gables. The other sides are longer and are
pierced with four cusped lancets under a level parapet, battle-
mented and pierced with trefoils.
The upper stage is a regular hexagon, with a small
buttress at each angle. The gables of the lower stage rise in
front of three sides, which are pierced with two cusped
lancets ; the other sides contain traceried windows of two
lights under crocketed gables. This stage is finished by a
continuous parapet like that on the alternate sides of the
lower stage. The spire is hexagonal, with crocketed ribs on
the angles, and with a finial in the form of a pine-apple;
the faces of the spire are engraved with a chevron pattern.
The thurible is swung on three chains hanging from a plate
to which a ring handle is attached ; the edge of the plate is
battlemented. The chains pass through the flat part of the
cover and are attached to the rim of the bowl. The cover is
raised by a chain attached to the finial. This chain passes
through the plate from which the censer hangs. When the
vessel is hanging the cover can be raised by pulling the
chain, the three other chains acting as guides.
Marks: none.
Weight : nearly 50 oz.
Dimensions : height, 1 1 ; height of bowl, 2| ; height of
foot, I ; diameter of bowl, 5^ ; diameter of foot, 3f ; length of
chain and handle, 33.
This censer is supposed to have belonged to Ramsey
Abbey. It was found with the incense boat. No. 192, in
Whittlesea Mere in 1850.
Figured in Shaw's Decorative Arts of the Middle Ages ; and in the Reliquary,
Vol. 5. N. S. (1891).
ii. ecclesiastical. * - : . loj
194, Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver, i 569.
Abington Pigotts.
Chalice.
Marks: none.
Dimensiofis: height, 6; depth of bowl, 4^; diameter of
bowl, 4f
Inscription: FOR • THE • TOWEN • OF • Abyngton •
NEXT • SHYNGE.
Paten.
Marks: none.
Inscription : (on foot) 1 569.
195. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver, i 569.
Willingham.
Chalice.
Mark: a flat fish in an oval. Weight: 1 1 oz. 6dwt.
j Dimensions: height, 6J; depth of bowl, 3f ; diameter of
rim of bowl, 4f .
Inscription : (round centre of bowl) FOR • THE • TOWN •
OF . WYLLYNGHAM.
I Paten.
I Mark : as on chalice. Weight : 5 oz. 3 dwt.
Inscribed: (on foot) 1569.
,.>0c . . - , '"plate exhibition 1 895.
196. Chalice and Cover Paten, 1639.
Little Shelford.
Chalice.
Marks: A of 1638-9; London Assay ; I W with a star
below in a shield.
Weight: 6oz. iSdwt.
Dimensions: height, 5|; depth of bowl, 3| ; diameter of
rim of bowl, 3^.
Inscription: THIS Belongeth TO LiTTELL Shill-
FORTH.
Paten.
Marks : as on chalice. Weight : 2 oz. 13 d wt
197. Chalice and Cover; silver, 1677.
Litlington.
A porringer used as a chalice. The lower part of the
bowl and the cover ornamented with acanthus.
Marks: (bowl) year letter of \6j6-T \ London Assay;
A • H with a star above and below. (Cover) year letter of
1678-9 ; London Assay ; W M with a star and two pellets
above and one pellet below in a shield.
Weight: bowl, 13*36 oz. ; cover, 3*42 oz.
Dimensions : height, 4^ ; depth of bowl, 5^ ; diameter of
bowl, 5^ ; height of cover, i J.
Inscription-. DoNUM Rebekae Archer Relictae
TiMOTHEi Archer S : St»* Theologiae D"^ / nec non
DE Blonham et Mepshall nuper Rectoris Apri^ 14.
1681.
ii. ecclesiastical. io3
198, Chalice and Cover Paten; silver, 1691.
Fen Ditton.
Chalice.
A spout has been added to the chalice with the object of
converting it into a flagon. The paten would fit as a cover
but for this.
Marks: year letter of 1690-1 ; London Assay; I C with
a crown above and a pellet below.
Weight: 134602. (inscribed, " 18 18").
Dimensions : height, 8 J ; depth of bowl, 4f ; diameter of
bowl, 4^.
Inscription: Deo Sacrum IN USUM ECCLESIAE Paro-
CHIALIS DE FENDITTON IN COMITATU CaNTABRIGE"*^ AN :
DOM: 1691.
Paten.
Marks: as on chalice. Weight : 5-29 oz.
Dimensions: diameter, 5; height, i^ ; depth of depres-
sion, f Inscription ; I H S.
199, Chalice; silver, 1699.
Emmanuel CongregcUional Churchy
Cambridge.
A porringer used as a« chalice. The lower part of the
bowl has spiral flutings, repouss^.
Marks: C of 1698-9 ; Britannia ; lion's head erased ; BO
with a mitre above and a fleur-de-lis below [for John
Bodington. Cripps, 1701].
Weight: 14 oz. 18 dwt. (inscribed, "15:8: ").
Dimensions : height, 4| ; diameter, 5.
Inscriptions: (i) Given by / Mrs S. Ewens / 1756.
(2) vvs-
I04 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
200. Chalice and Cover; silver, 1558.
WaterbeacL
A cup of tazza form with repouss^ ornament of dolphins
&c. The finial of the cover has been broken off.
Marks: V of 1557-8; London assay; W (as in Cripps,
1557)-
Weight: 9*1 oz.
Dimensions : height, 6|f ; height of stem, 3^ ; depth of
bowl, 2^ ; diameter of bowl, 5^ ; diameter of foot, 3^.
Inscriptions: (i) — ; (2) Waterbeach Parish (the
latter inscription is modem).
201. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver parcel-
gilt, 1563. Heydon,
Chalice.
Marks : E of 1 562-3 ; London assay ; maker's mark
illegible.
Weight: 7*3 oz.
Dimensions : height, 5| ; depth of bowl, 2f ; diameter of
bowl, 3|.
Paten.
Marks : same as on chalice.
Weight : 7-87 oz.
Dimensions : diameter, 3| ; height, 3 J ; depth of de-
pression, 3i.
III.
THE UNIVERSITY MACES.
202, Maces; silver-gilt.
University of Cambridge.
The University Maces^ are four in number, three for
Esquire bedells (Maces A, B, C) and one for a Yeoman bedell
(Mace D).
Maces A, B, and C.
The head has on its upper surface the Royal Arms of the
Stuart Kings.
Round the top is a crown of alternate fleurs-de-lys and
Maltese crosses. Between them is a ball on a point. The
rounded underside of the knob is divided into four parts by
upright pieces of Renaissance ornament of scroll work about
a human figure. In two of the Maces the spaces between
these are blank, in the other they are occupied by a rose,
fleur-de-lys and thistle surmounted by a crown, and the fourth
was occupied by a harp, but the crown only remains. This
ornament is appliqu6, not embossed.
The staves are engraved with the escallops of the donor's
arms, and are divided into six compartments by rings, the
three nearest to the centre being larger than the others and
having appropriate mottoes on them in Roman caps. The
^ The Notes on the four following Maces are taken from a paper by A. P.
Humphry, M. A., Esquire Bedell, in the Camb, Antiq, Soc, Comm, Vol. iv. p. -207.
8
I06 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895.
mouldings above and below the mottoes are of Elizabethan
character.
The mottoes are taken from one of the Latin editions of
the Bible, not the Vulgate, and are as follows :
Mace A :
Dux erat super eos Jehovah cum eo. i Paral. 9. 20.
Factae sunt ei virgae solidae in sceptra regentium. Ezech.
19. II.
Dux tibi sit semper talis et iste dui (sic for diu). Mart.
L. 12 Eps.
Mace B :
Tolle virgam et congrega populum. Num. 20. 8.
Me duce certus eris. Mart. Lib. i. Ep. 4.
Virga tua et baculus consolantur me. Psal. 23. 4.
Mace G:
Portans virgam Dei in manu sua. Exod. 4. 20.
Virtute duce comite fortuna. (Cic. Ep. ad Fam. xiii. § 2.)
Annon ipse baculus manus nostrae. Tobi. 5. 25.
The lower knob has a little foot intended to rest on the
ground and is similarly divided into four quarters containing
{i) a shield bearing University Arms ; (2) the crest of George
Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, viz. a lion rampant arg. ducally
crowned or; (3) the badge of his office of High Admiral, viz. a
cabled anchor; (4) his coat of arms, viz. arg. a cross gu. charged
with five escallops or. Below the University Arms is the
motto: MARS MUSAS, as used on the seal of 1580, and below
the Duke of Buckingham's arms: FIDEI COLVICULA CRUSO,
where " colvicula " is a misreading of " coticula."
Presented by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, Chancellor of the
University 1626, assassinated 1628.
Mace D.
The Yeoman Bedell's Mace is like the others, except that
the staff is of mahogany with the central part encircled by
two silver rings engraved with the motto DITIOR EST QUI SE.
III. THE UNIVERSITY MACES. IO7
The silver work was formerly gilded, of which traces
remain.
The lower knob is smaller and almost plain, and ends in a
pyramidal point. The silver coverings of the upper and
lower part are engraved with the cross crosslets of the donor's
arms, which appear in a shield at the upper end.
The arms are those of the University and of the Earl
of Holland, viz. : a chevron between three cross crosslets
differenced by a crescent ; with the crest : on a mount vert a
wivern rising or, and an Earl's coronet. The Royal arms on
the top of the maces were doubtless cut out during the
Commonwealth period, but were replaced in 1663, as appears
from the bill preserved at the Registry. Traces of this are
visible in the interior of the knobs. ,
Presented by Henry Rich, Earl Holland, who succeeded the Duke of
Buckingham as Chancellor of the University in 1628 and was beheaded in 1648.
CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY J. AND C. F. CLAY, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
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